Bruin
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Bruin or BRUIN may refer to any of the following:
- Bruin, the bear in the Reynard cycle fables, whence the word was introduced into English
- A bearBearBears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
, especially a Eurasian Brown BearEurasian Brown BearThe Eurasian brown bear is a subspecies of brown bear, found across northern Eurasia. The Eurasian brown bear is also known as the common brown bear, European brown bear and colloquially by many other names.... - Brown University Interactive LanguageBrown University Interactive LanguageBrown University Interactive Language was an introductory programming language developed at Brown University in the late 1960s. It operated in the IBM 360, and was similar to PL/1. The abstract of R. G...
, a programming language - Bruin, KentuckyBruin, KentuckyBruin is an unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 7 and 409 just south of Grayson Lake State Park. Bruin is northeast of the county seat, Sandy Hook...
in the United States - Bruin, PennsylvaniaBruin, PennsylvaniaBruin is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 534 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bruin is located at ....
in the United States - Rasmus KlumpRasmus KlumpRasmus Klump is a comic strip series for small children created in 1951 by the Danish wife and husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen...
, a comic strip published as Bruin - Boston BruinsBoston BruinsThe Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
, an American NHL hockey team - Providence BruinsProvidence BruinsThe Providence Bruins are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the primary development team for the NHL's Boston Bruins. They play in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.-History:...
, an American AHL hockey team affiliated with the above NHL team - UCLA BruinsUCLA BruinsThe UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
, nickname of the sports teams of the University of California, Los Angeles - Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...
's athletic teams are called the Bruins