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},
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"name": "de-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"de:Places in Germany",
"de:Places in Saxony-Anhalt",
"de:Towns in Germany",
"de:Towns in Saxony-Anhalt"
],
"glosses": [
"A town, the administrative seat of Jerichower Land district, Saxony-Anhalt"
],
"links": [
[
"Jerichower Land",
"Jerichower Land#German"
],
[
"Saxony-Anhalt",
"Saxony-Anhalt#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bʊʁk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bʊʁk]"
},
{
"ipa": "[bʊɐ̯k]"
},
{
"ipa": "/bʊɐ̯ç/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bʊɪ̯ç]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Burg.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/De-Burg.ogg/De-Burg.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/De-Burg.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "Burg"
}
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