Ariu (Albanian) (noun)
ah-REE-oo
A bear.
Indo-European, with common Slavic cognates (e.g., arush)
Example sentences
“Today I visited Pristina Bear Sanctuary, and I leaned Ariu is the Albanian word for bear.”
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