nanook

/ (ˈnænuːk) /

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noun

North Canadian the polar bear

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Word Origin for nanook

from Inuktitut nanug

Words nearby nanook

nanomachine, nanomaterial, nanometer, nanometre, nanomole, nanook, nanoparticle, nanophysics, nanoplankton, nanopublishing, nanoscale

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How to use nanook in a sentence

I called to Nanook as we stopped on the bank, "Nanook, there's the good old Yukon again!"
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled|Hudson Stuck
But it is at such times, too, that one appreciates at his full value such a noble puller as our wheel dog Nanook.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled|Hudson Stuck
I could almost tell the nature of any disturbance that arose from the tone of Nanook's bark.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled|Hudson Stuck
As I reckoned it up, Nanook had fallen just short of pulling my sled ten thousand miles.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled|Hudson Stuck

I loved Nanook, and had lost something personal out of my life in losing him.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled|Hudson Stuck