No. 2,082 in Swedish
björn
Bear.
In a sentence
Jag såg en björn i skogen.
I saw a bear in the forest.
Here, 'björn' refers to the animal, a bear.
Björn är min vän; han är mycket vänlig.
Björn is my friend; he is very kind.
In this usage, 'Björn' is used as a proper noun, a person's name.
Det finns en plats som kallas Björnholmen.
There is a place called Björnholmen.
Here, 'Björn' is part of a compound noun used in a geographic location name.
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