Nanook
[nəˈnʊk]Meaning
Inuktitut for 'polar bear'; a variant of Nanuq.
Background Story
Nanook is a variant of Nanuq, the Inuktitut word for the polar bear. The name was popularised by Nanook of the North, the 1922 documentary by Robert Flaherty, whose subject bore the name.
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