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{
"text": "Go to whence you came!",
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"ref": "1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy",
"text": "O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots\nHead of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom\nWhence by what way how purposed art thou come\nTo this well-nightingaled vicinity?",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range",
"text": "They swore all the gold should go back\nDeep into the earth whence it came.",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "min ʔayn",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "مِن أَيْن"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "min ḥayṯu",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "مِن حَيْثُ"
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"roman": "mnen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"word": "منين"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "usti",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ուստի"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "haradan"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hardan"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qayźan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ҡайҙан"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nondik"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adkúlʹ",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "адку́ль"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkǎdé",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "откъде́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "d'on"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "des d'on"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "odkud"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvorfra"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvoraf"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hveden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "waarvandaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de kie"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "el kie"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvaðani"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "mistä"
},
{
"code": "for",
"lang": "Fore",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "forrt"
},
{
"code": "for",
"lang": "Fore",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "gerrt"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "d’où"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "საიდან"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidanac",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "საიდანაც"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "woher"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ƕaþrō",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afoú",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "αφού"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "póthen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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"interrogative"
],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hóthen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hopóthen",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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"interrogative"
],
"word": "ὁπόθεν"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meáin",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "מֵאַיִן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "minnáin",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "מִנַּיִן"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
"interrogative"
],
"word": "honnan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "honnét"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "miből"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ahonnét"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "amiből"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "amelyből"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvaðan"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "deube"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "kust"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "mist"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "onde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "da dove"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "doko kara",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "どこから"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eodiseo",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "어디서"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "unde"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "od kade",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "од каде"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nō hea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nō whea"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvorfra"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "kvar ifrå"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "kor ifrå"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hwanon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "skąd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de onde"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "maymanta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de unde"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "отку́да"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "odakle"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "otkud"
},
{
"code": "cjs",
"lang": "Shor",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "қайдаң"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "odkiaľ"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od kod"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od koder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de donde"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "desde donde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "varifrån"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "var i från"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "vadan"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ga nas",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ག་ནས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nereden"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvídky",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "зві́дки"
}
]
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "min ḥayṯ",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "مِن حَيْث"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkǎdeto",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "откъдето"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "hvaðani"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "josta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "mistä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "d’où"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de aí"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de onde"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "do cal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "von daher"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "innen"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"word": "onde"
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "da dove"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "da cui"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de onde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "donde"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de ahí"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de donde"
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "varför"
}
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"word": "مِن حَيْثُ"
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ուստի"
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ҡайҙан"
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "адку́ль"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkǎdé",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "откъде́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "d'on"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "des d'on"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "odkud"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvorfra"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
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"word": "hvoraf"
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"word": "waarvandaan"
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "mistä"
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"word": "forrt"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidan",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "საიდან"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saidanac",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "საიდანაც"
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{
"code": "he",
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"word": "מֵאַיִן"
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"code": "it",
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{
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"word": "어디서"
},
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"word": "unde"
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"roman": "od kade",
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"word": "од каде"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nō hea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nō whea"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "hvorfra"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "kvar ifrå"
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"word": "skąd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de onde"
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{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "maymanta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "de unde"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkúda",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "отку́да"
},
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"code": "cjs",
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"word": "қайдаң"
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"word": "odkiaľ"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od kod"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "od koder"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "de donde"
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "var i från"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "vadan"
},
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"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ga nas",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "ག་ནས"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
"word": "nereden"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvídky",
"sense": "from where; from which place or source",
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"sense": "conjunction",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkǎdeto",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "откъдето"
},
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "hvaðani"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "josta"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "mistä"
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"word": "d’où"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de aí"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de onde"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "do cal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "von daher"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "innen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "onde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "da dove"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "da cui"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de onde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "donde"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de ahí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "de donde"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conjunction",
"word": "varför"
}
],
"word": "whence"
}
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