Single words have no copyright [1]. If he didn't copy it from any database which is affected by the database right [2] it's ok to add them to OSM.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_and_enforcing_copyright [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_generis_database_right Under what licence was it made available? >
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