Nanook
In Inuit religion, Nanook (; , lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. The word was popularized by ''Nanook of the North'', the f ...
, in Inuit mythology, is the master of bears.
Nanook, Nanuk, or Nanuq may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
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Nanook (band), Greenlandic pop rock band
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''Nanook'' (TV series), whose title character is named Nanook
* ''
Nanook of the North
''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film that combines elements of documentary and docudrama/docufiction, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. In the tradition of what would ...
'' (1922), a film by Robert Flaherty, often considered the first formal feature-length documentary
* Nanook, Corey Haim's dog in the film ''
The Lost Boys
''The Lost Boys'' is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Harvey Bernhard, and with the screenplay written by Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer, and James Jeremias, from a story by Fischer and Jeremias. The ...
'' (1987)
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Nanoq Media, a company in Greenland
* Nanook, Aeon of Destruction in
Honkai: Star Rail
Places
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Tanfield Valley
Tanfield Valley, also referred to as Nanook, is an archaeological site located on Imiligaarjuit (formerly Cape Tanfield), along the southernmost part of the Meta Incognita Peninsula of Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is p ...
or Nanook, a Viking settlement and archaeological site on Baffin Island
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Nanuk, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
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Nanook River, Victoria Island, Canada
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Nanook Dome, British Columbia, Canada
* Nanook or Nanuk, alternate names of
Menukin, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
* Nanuk-e Bala, alternate name of
Naniz-e Olya, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
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Nanoq
Nanoq (Inuit for polar bear) is a museum in Jakobstad, Finland, specializing in arctic culture and Greenland in particular.
The museum hosts exhibitions about famous polar expeditions and displays many items, e.g. a replica of the balloon gondo ...
, a museum in Jakobstad, Finland
Military
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Operation Nanook (1946), an Arctic expedition undertaken by the US Navy in 1946
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Operation Nanook
Operation Nanook (OP NANOOK; ) is an annual sovereignty operation and manoeuvre warfare exercise conducted by the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. Sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern Canada are conducted by ...
, annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
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Nanuk Remotely Controlled Weapon Station
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Project Nanook, US reconnaissance project
Mascot
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Alaska Nanooks
The Alaska Nanooks are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Nanooks name is derived from the Inupiaq " nanuq", meaning polar bear. The school colors are blue and gold. The Nanooks compete at ...
, the University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams
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Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The E ...
, of the Canadian Football League, mascot from 1997 to 2021
Other uses
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Nanok East Greenland Fishing Company, a Danish company in Greenland
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''Nanuk'' (ship), a 1892 schooner used in several Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s
See also
* "Nanook Rubs It", a song by Frank Zappa on the album ''
Apostrophe
The apostrophe (, ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes:
* The marking of the omission of one o ...
'' (1974)
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