"whispering gallery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whispering galleries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} whispering gallery (plural whispering galleries)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "galerie des murmures"
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          "word": "Flüstergewölbe"
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          "code": "es",
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