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nanook

/ ˈnænuːk /

noun

  1. the polar bear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nanook1

from Inuktitut nanug
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Example Sentences

I called to Nanook as we stopped on the bank, "Nanook, there's the good old Yukon again!"

But it is at such times, too, that one appreciates at his full value such a noble puller as our wheel dog Nanook.

I could almost tell the nature of any disturbance that arose from the tone of Nanook's bark.

As I reckoned it up, Nanook had fallen just short of pulling my sled ten thousand miles.

I loved Nanook, and had lost something personal out of my life in losing him.

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