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  "en": "The capital of Bangladesh; it became capital of the Bengal region in the Mughal era in the early seventeenth century CE."
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "عاصمة بنغلاديش. صارت عاصمة إقليم البنغال في العهد المغولي في أوائل القرن السابع عشر الميلادي. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nيحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي للتاريخ."
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    "id": "place/dhaka",
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     "markdown": "The capital of Bangladesh. It became the capital of the province of Bengal in the Mughal period, in the early seventeenth century CE. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nAn additional source is needed for the history."
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بنگلہ دیش کا دارالحکومت۔ سترہویں عیسوی صدی کے آغاز میں مغل دور میں یہ بنگال کے علاقے کا دارالحکومت بنا۔ {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nتاریخ کے لیے مزید ماخذ درکار ہے۔"
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