See valsts in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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0,
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],
"english": "state monopoly",
"text": "valsts monopols",
"translation": "state monopoly",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
6
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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15,
20
]
],
"english": "official (lit. state) language",
"text": "valsts valoda",
"translation": "official (lit. state) language",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
6
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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25,
30
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],
"english": "secretary, chancellor of state",
"text": "valsts sekretārs, kanclers",
"translation": "secretary, chancellor of state",
"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
6
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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0,
5
]
],
"english": "state security",
"text": "valsts drošība",
"translation": "state security",
"type": "example"
},
{
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9,
16
]
],
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7,
16
]
],
"english": "Baltic countries",
"text": "Baltijas valstis",
"translation": "Baltic countries",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
23
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
11,
20
]
],
"english": "developing countries",
"text": "nepievienojušās valstis",
"translation": "developing countries",
"type": "example"
},
{
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20,
27
]
],
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7,
13
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],
"english": "United States of America",
"text": "Amerikas Savienotās Valstis",
"translation": "United States of America",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"state, country (a sovereign polity with a government; the territory of this polity)"
],
"links": [
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"sovereign",
"sovereign#English"
],
[
"polity",
"polity#English"
],
[
"government",
"government#English"
],
[
"territory",
"territory#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples",
"lv:Taxonomy"
],
"examples": [
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5,
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],
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6,
13
]
],
"english": "plant kingdom",
"text": "augu valsts",
"translation": "plant kingdom",
"type": "example"
},
{
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16
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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7,
14
]
],
"english": "animal kingdom",
"text": "dzīvnieku valsts",
"translation": "animal kingdom",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"kingdom (one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings)"
],
"links": [
[
"taxonomy",
"taxonomy"
],
[
"kingdom",
"kingdom"
],
[
"division",
"division#English"
],
[
"classification",
"classification#English"
],
[
"living",
"living#English"
],
[
"being",
"being#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(taxonomy) kingdom (one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"taxonomy"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[vàlsts]"
},
{
"audio": "Lv-valsts.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Lv-valsts.ogg/Lv-valsts.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Lv-valsts.ogg"
}
],
"word": "valsts"
}
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