Bruin

Los Angeles mascot

A bruin is a bear, particularly a brown bear.

The word comes from Dutch and appears most often in fables and children's stories, where Bruin serves as the bear's proper name.

In American usage, Bruin commonly refers to the UCLA athletic teams and their mascot: The Bruins dominated the first half.

bear

grizzly

Large brown bear subspecies

  • cubYoung wild mammal
  • denPrivate room or lair
  • hibernateTorpor through cold months

ursine · claws · fur · omnivore · salmon · berries · Yellowstone · wildlife · predator · Kodiak

UCLA

Westwood

LA neighborhood near UCLA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · athletics · alumni · campus · Los Angeles · Pac-12 · NCAA · championships · student-athlete · fight song

Boston

hockey

Stick-and-goal sport

Bobby Orr · black and gold · Original Six · defenseman · puck · rink · Massachusetts · championship · jersey · playoffs

Categories
Opposites
ucla rivalry

BruinTrojan

Of an ancient walled city

USC · Beaver · Golden Bear

nhl team rivalries

BruinCanadien

French-speaking Montrealer

Maple Leaf · Blackhawk · Red Wing · Canuck

animal type (literary/fable)

BruinReynard

lamb · mouse · fox · rabbit · deer

Family

brunet, brunette

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G