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Ari
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Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh (also transcribed as Aryeh, Arye).
- 2 Abbreviation of Arizona. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 A diminutive of the female given names Arianna, Ariana, Ariel, Ariella, or Arielle, also used as a formal given name.
- 4 A Papuan language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
- 5 A town in Abruzzo, Italy.
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- 6 A village in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
- 7 A village in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
- 8 An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.
- 9 Alternative spelling of Aari (“a language of Ethiopia”) alt-of, alternative
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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