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läheli
- close, near
- close by, nearby
- around
läheli
- close, near [with elative]
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “близко, вблизи, недалеко, около, поблизости”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
