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Ari

The English word “Ari” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A Papuan language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
  2. An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.

Etymology

Of the first sense, derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew, Russian: Лев (Lev), and Ukrainian: Лев (Lev).

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