Creating 2D dictionary in Python

It would have the following syntax

dict_names = {'d1' : {'name':'bob', 'place':'lawn', 'animal':'man'},
              'd2' : {'name':'spot', 'place':'bed', 'animal':'dog'}}

You can then look things up like

>>> dict_names['d1']['name']
'bob'

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