"Shamu" meaning in Swahili

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Bahari ya Shamu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Mshamu"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "الشام",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the north"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ش ء م"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”).",
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      },
      "expansion": "Shamu",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "name",
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        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
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        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Greater Syria, the Levant (region comprising the lands around the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Shamu-sw-name-LMPtxuqS",
      "links": [
        [
          "Syria",
          "Syria"
        ],
        [
          "Levant",
          "Levant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Greater Syria, the Levant (region comprising the lands around the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)"
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "sw",
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            "Asia",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Nature",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Syria (a country in the Middle East) (modern country)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Shamu-sw-name-5Q36r2o5",
      "links": [
        [
          "Syria",
          "Syria#English"
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        [
          "Middle East",
          "Middle East#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(proscribed) Syria (a country in the Middle East) (modern country)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-Shamu.flac",
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  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "modern"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "country",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Siria"
    }
  ],
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    "sw:Shamu"
  ],
  "word": "Shamu"
}

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    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ش ء م"
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    {
      "word": "Bahari ya Shamu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mshamu"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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  ],
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      },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Greater Syria, the Levant (region comprising the lands around the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)"
      ],
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        ],
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        "(historical) Greater Syria, the Levant (region comprising the lands around the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)"
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      ],
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        "(proscribed) Syria (a country in the Middle East) (modern country)"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "modern"
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Siria"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:Shamu"
  ],
  "word": "Shamu"
}