Nanuk

Nanuk is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Nanuk comes from the Inuit language and means polar bear . Inuit mythology says that Nanuk is the master of bears. He alone made the difference between success or failure in a bear hunt.

variants

• Nanoq
• Well
• en: Nanook

See also

• Nanuk, the Eskimo
• Nanuk (cartoon series)

swell

1. ↑ Online translation of polar bear in Inuktitut (August 15, 2008)
2. ↑ first name Nanuk on www.baby-vornamen.de (15 August 2008)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Category: Greenlandic Male Names at nordicnames.de