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"expansion": "English: town, tahn, tawn (Bermuda), toon (Geordie), toune, towne (obsolete)\n→ Chichewa: tawuni\n→ Hawaiian: kaona\n→ Jersey Dutch: tāun\n→ Pennsylvania German: Taun\n→ Japanese: タウン (taun)",
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"text": "English: town, tahn, tawn (Bermuda), toon (Geordie), toune, towne (obsolete)\n→ Chichewa: tawuni\n→ Hawaiian: kaona\n→ Jersey Dutch: tāun\n→ Pennsylvania German: Taun\n→ Japanese: タウン (taun)"
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},
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}
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"text": "Scots: toun, toon"
},
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}
],
"text": "Yola: teoune, teoun"
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"plural"
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"A town or city; a locally governed settlement, often fortified."
],
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"A hamlet or village; a rural settlement {{gloss|conceived as grouped buildings"
],
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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Scots: toun, toon"
},
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"2": "teoune",
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: teoune, teoun"
}
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"1": "enm",
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"plural"
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]
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"form": "towne",
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"A town or city; a locally governed settlement, often fortified."
],
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"city",
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"locally governed",
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"village",
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"settlement",
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"group",
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"building",
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"A farmstead or manor; a rural estate."
],
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"farmstead",
"farmstead"
],
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"manor",
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"rural",
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{
"ipa": "/tuːn/"
}
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}
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