See cà in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Jessica_Nguyen_%28Pamputt%29-c%C3%A0.wav/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Jessica_Nguyen_%28Pamputt%29-c%C3%A0.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "cà"
}
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