Phrase guide

Kodiak bear

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkoʊdiˌæk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The largest brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, found on Kodiak Island off the south coast of Alaska, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kodiakbeer — large brown bear
  • Alutiiq: taquka-aq — large brown bear
  • Arabic: دب كودياك (dubb kudiak) — large brown bear
  • Azerbaijani: kadyak ayısı — large brown bear
  • Basque: Kodiak hartz — large brown bear
  • Bulgarian: кодиакска кафява мечка (kodiakska kafjava mečka) — large brown bear
  • Catalan: ós de Kodiak — large brown bear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 科迪亞克熊 /科迪亚克熊 (Kēdíyàkè xióng) — large brown bear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 科迪亞克棕熊 /科迪亚克棕熊 (Kēdíyàkè zōngxióng) — large brown bear
  • Czech: medvěd kodiak — large brown bear
  • Danish: kodiakbjørn — large brown bear
  • Danish: alaskabjørn — large brown bear
  • Dutch: kodiakbeer — large brown bear
  • Finnish: kodiakinkarhu — large brown bear
  • French: ours kodiak — large brown bear
  • Georgian: კოდიაკის დათვი (ḳodiaḳis datvi) — large brown bear
  • German: Kodiakbär — large brown bear
  • Gujarati: કોડિઆક રીંછ (koḍiāka rī̃ch) — large brown bear
  • Hebrew: דוב קודיאק — large brown bear
  • Hungarian: kodiak-medve — large brown bear
  • Indonesian: beruang kodiak — large brown bear
  • Italian: orso Kodiak — large brown bear
  • Japanese: コディアックヒグマ (Kodiakku higuma) — large brown bear
  • Komi-Permyak: Кадьякісь ош (Kaďjakiś oš) — large brown bear
  • Korean: 코디악곰 (kodiakgom) — large brown bear
  • Latvian: Kadjakas lācis — large brown bear
  • Lezgi: кадйак (kadjak) — large brown bear
  • Lithuanian: kadjakinis rudasis lokys — large brown bear
  • Macedonian: кодијак (kodijak) — large brown bear
  • Malayalam: കൊഡിയാക് കരടി (koḍiyākŭ karaṭi) — large brown bear
  • Mongolian: Кодяк баавгай (Kodjak baavgaj) — large brown bear
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kodiakbjørn — large brown bear
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kodiakbjørn — large brown bear
  • Occitan: ors de Kodiak — large brown bear
  • Persian: خرس کودیاک — large brown bear
  • Polish: niedźwiedź kodiacki — large brown bear
  • Portuguese: urso-de-kodiak — large brown bear
  • Portuguese: urso Kodiak — large brown bear
  • Romanian: urs Kodiak — large brown bear
  • Russian: кадья́к (kadʹják) — large brown bear
  • Serbo-Croatian: кодијак — large brown bear
  • Serbo-Croatian: kodijak — large brown bear
  • Slovak: medveď kodiak — large brown bear
  • Spanish: oso Kodiak — large brown bear
  • Swedish: kodiakbjörn — large brown bear
  • Turkish: kodiak ayısı — large brown bear
  • Ukrainian: кадьяк (kadʹjak) — large brown bear
  • Vietnamese: gấu Kodiak — large brown bear