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Bruin is a word for the brown bear (Ursos arctos), or for any bear, usually poetically or archaically.
The word entered the English language via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Flemish version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his color; the Middle Dutch word for brown is bruun.
It is a popular nickname and mascot in sports. Some teams using this name include
Professional sports
Collegiate sports
- Belmont University
- Bellevue University
- Bethany College (California)
- Brown University
- George Fox University
Bruin, Pennsylvania is a borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
BRUIN is an acronym for BRown University INteractive Language, a programming language developed at Brown University for the
IBM System/360.
BRUIN was also the name of the British Army's tactical communications system deployed in northwestern Europe from the 1960s to 1985.