bruin

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Bruin is another name for a brown bear (Ursus arctos), or for any bear, usually poetically or archaically.

The word entered the English language via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his color.

In sports

It is a popular nickname and mascot in sports. Some teams using this name include

In professional sports

• Boston Bruins, National Hockey League
• Providence Bruins, American Hockey League
• Chilliwack Bruins, Western Hockey League

In collegiate sports

• University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
• Belmont University
• Bellevue University
• Bethany University
• George Fox University
• Salt Lake Community College

In High School sports

• Baldwin High School (New York), New York
• Ballard High School (Louisville), Kentucky
• Bartlesville High School (Bartlesville), Oklahoma
• Bayshore High School (Bradenton), Florida
• Bear Creek High School, Stockton, California
• Bear River High School, Grass Valley, California
• Bethel High School (Hampton, Virginia)
• Blackford High School (Hartford City, Indiana)
• Blacksburg High School Blacksburg, Virginia
• Bloomington High School Bloomington, California
• Bonnabel High School Kenner, Louisiana
• Branham High School, San Jose, California
• Briggs High School, Columbus, Ohio
• Broadneck High School, Annapolis, Maryland
• Brooke High School, Wellsburg, West Virginia
• Brunswick School, Greenwich, Connecticut
• Camden County High School, Camden, North Carolina
• Capital High School, Helena, Montana
• Cascade High School, Everett, Washington
• Central Hardin High School, Cecilia, Kentucky
• Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
• Fargo South High School, Fargo, North Dakota
• Hopi Junior/Senior High School, Keams Canyon, Arizona
• Lancaster High School, South Carolina
• Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Virginia
• Mountain View High School (Utah)
• North Bergen High School, New Jersey
• Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Northwest Whitfield High School, Tunnel Hill, Georgia
• Padua Franciscan High School, Parma, Ohio
• Ponderosa High School, Shingle Springs, California
• Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Missouri
• Sam Barlow High School, Gresham, Oregon
• Santa Clara High School, California
• Saint Bede Academy, Peru, Illinois
• Saint Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi
• St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School, Vallejo, California
• Trevor G. Browne High School, Phoenix, Arizona
• Twin Falls High School, Idaho
• Western Branch High School, Chesapeake, Virginia
• West Brook Senior High School, Beaumont, Texas
• Forest Park High School (Prince William County, Virginia)
• Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, Long Beach, California

Wilson Beddingfield High School, Wilson, North Carolina

Places

• Bruin, Kentucky, United States
• Bruin, Pennsylvania, United States

Other uses

• Brown University Interactive Language, for the IBM System/360
• Rasmus Klump or Bruin, a Danish comic strip series created in 1951

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