Bruin, (from Dutch for "brown"), is an English folk term for brown bear.

Bruin, Bruins or BRUIN may also refer to:

Places

  • Lake Bruin, ox-bow lake of the Mississippi River located in northeastern Louisiana
  • Lake Bruin State Park
  • Bruin, Kentucky, United States
  • Bruin, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Bruin's Slave Jail, building in Alexandria, Virginia

Sports team nicknames and mascots

  • Ayr Bruins, a defunct Scottish ice hockey team
  • Bellevue University, Bellevue, Nebraska
  • Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina
  • Boston Bruins, an American NHL hockey team
  • UCLA Bruins, a collegiate sports team located in Los Angeles, California
  • Chilliwack Bruins, a former Canadian major junior ice hockey team in Chilliwack, British Columbia
  • George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon
  • Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, Michigan
  • New Westminster Bruins, a former Canadian major junior ice hockey team in New Westminster, British Columbia
  • Piedmont International University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Providence Bruins, an American AHL hockey team in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario

Other uses

  • Bruin (surname)
  • Oud bruin, Belgian beer
  • Heineken Oud Bruin, Dutch beer
  • Yamaha Bruin 350, utility all-terrain vehicle
  • Brown University Interactive Language, a programming language
  • Rasmus Klump, a comic strip published as Bruin
  • Bruin, a brown bear in the Reynard cycle fables

See also

  • List of Bruin mascots
  • Ursidae