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nanook

nanook noun: a polar bear.

Noun

nanook (plural nanooks)

  1. (Alaska) A polar bear.
    • Let's build a nanook. A big one. Almost as big as a real one!1935, Armstrong Sperry, One Day with Tuktu: An Eskimo Boy
    • "I have a way with nanooks," Mazwuk explained, hoping that none would notice the tremor in his voice, […]1967, North - Volumes 14-15, page 52

Examples of nanook in a sentence

  • She dressed: white T-shirt, black jeans, blue sweatshirt with the gold UAF nanook on the front, white anklets, black-and-white Nike tennis shoes.2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 110:
  • Promising in her Inaugural Address to protect the state like a "nanook defending her cub," she has continued to play down social issues as governor.2008, Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce, Time - Volume 172, page 102:

Forms of nanook

pluralnanooks

Origin of nanook

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq, “polar bear”).

Questions about nanook

What does nanook mean?
Nanook means a polar bear.
How do you use nanook in a sentence?
She dressed: white T-shirt, black jeans, blue sweatshirt with the gold UAF nanook on the front, white anklets, black-and-white Nike tennis shoes.
What part of speech is nanook?
Nanook is a noun.
What is the plural of nanook?
The plural of nanook is nanooks.

Words near nanook in the dictionary

  1. Nanong
  2. nanoobject
  3. nanoobjects
  4. nanoohm
  5. nanoohms
  6. nanook
  7. nanooks
  8. nanooptics
  9. nanooptoelectronics
  10. nanoorganism
  11. nanooscillator

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