"Blin" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Blin
  1. η εθνοτική ομάδα Μπίλεν της Ερυθραίας
    Sense id: el-Blin-en-name-2t-idkV2 Categories (other): Εθνικά ονόματα (αγγλικά)

Noun

Forms: Blin
  1. η κουσιτική γλώσσα μπίλεν
    Sense id: el-Blin-en-noun-ANBbELwW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Bilin, Bilen, Belen, Bilein
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Blin"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Εθνικά ονόματα (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "※ The Blin are an ethnic group located in the Northern Eritrean highlands and, for the greatest part, living in and around the city of Keren and north of it in the region of Halhal.",
          "translation": "«Οι Μπίλεν είναι εθνοτική ομάδα που εντοπίζεται στα βόρεια υψίπεδα της Ερυθραίας, οι οποίοι κατά κύριο λόγο, μέσα και γύρω από την πόλη Κέρεν καθώς και στα βόρεια της, στην περιοχή του Χαλχάλ.»\n*:: Smidt, Wolbert G.C. (2006-01-01). «Discussing ethnohistory: The Blin between periphery and international politics in the 19th century». Chroniques yéménites (OpenEdition) (13). doi:10.4000/cy.1373."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η εθνοτική ομάδα Μπίλεν της Ερυθραίας"
      ],
      "id": "el-Blin-en-name-2t-idkV2",
      "raw_tags": [
        "εθνικό όνομα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blin"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Blin"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Bilin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bilen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Belen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bilein"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "※ They speak the Cushitic language, Blin, a branch of Agew (Central Cushitic), which is mainly spoken in Ethiopia. Scholars have studied them since the 1850s",
          "translation": "«Μιλούν την κουσιτική γλώσσα μπίλεν, κλάδο της Αγκάου (κεντρική κουσιτική), η οποία ομιλείται κυρίως στην Αιθιοπία. Μελετάται από ειδικούς, από τη δεκαετία του 1850»\n*:: Smidt, Wolbert G.C. (2006-01-01). «Discussing ethnohistory: The Blin between periphery and international politics in the 19th century». Chroniques yéménites (OpenEdition) (13). doi:10.4000/cy.1373."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η κουσιτική γλώσσα μπίλεν"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Blin"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Blin"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Εθνικά ονόματα (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "※ The Blin are an ethnic group located in the Northern Eritrean highlands and, for the greatest part, living in and around the city of Keren and north of it in the region of Halhal.",
          "translation": "«Οι Μπίλεν είναι εθνοτική ομάδα που εντοπίζεται στα βόρεια υψίπεδα της Ερυθραίας, οι οποίοι κατά κύριο λόγο, μέσα και γύρω από την πόλη Κέρεν καθώς και στα βόρεια της, στην περιοχή του Χαλχάλ.»\n*:: Smidt, Wolbert G.C. (2006-01-01). «Discussing ethnohistory: The Blin between periphery and international politics in the 19th century». Chroniques yéménites (OpenEdition) (13). doi:10.4000/cy.1373."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η εθνοτική ομάδα Μπίλεν της Ερυθραίας"
      ],
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        "εθνικό όνομα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blin"
}

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    {
      "form": "Blin"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Bilin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bilen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Belen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bilein"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "※ They speak the Cushitic language, Blin, a branch of Agew (Central Cushitic), which is mainly spoken in Ethiopia. Scholars have studied them since the 1850s",
          "translation": "«Μιλούν την κουσιτική γλώσσα μπίλεν, κλάδο της Αγκάου (κεντρική κουσιτική), η οποία ομιλείται κυρίως στην Αιθιοπία. Μελετάται από ειδικούς, από τη δεκαετία του 1850»\n*:: Smidt, Wolbert G.C. (2006-01-01). «Discussing ethnohistory: The Blin between periphery and international politics in the 19th century». Chroniques yéménites (OpenEdition) (13). doi:10.4000/cy.1373."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η κουσιτική γλώσσα μπίλεν"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blin"
}

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