polar bear

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Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ariu polar — Ursus maritimus
• Amharic: የበሮዶ ድብ (yäbärodo dəb) — Ursus maritimus
• Arabic: دُبّ أَبْيَض (dubb ʔabyaḍ) — Ursus maritimus
• Arabic: دُبَّة بَيْضَاء — Ursus maritimus
• Arabic: دُبّ قُطْبِيّ (dubb quṭbiyy) — Ursus maritimus
• Arabic: دُبَّة قُطْبِيَّة — Ursus maritimus
• Armenian: սպիտակ արջ (spitak arǰ) — Ursus maritimus
• Assamese: বগা ভালুক (boga bhaluk) — Ursus maritimus
• Azerbaijani: ağ ayı — Ursus maritimus
• Basque: hartz zuri — Ursus maritimus
• Belarusian: бе́лы мядзве́дзь (bjély mjadzvjédzʹ) — Ursus maritimus
• Breton: arzh gwenn — Ursus maritimus
• Bulgarian: бя́ла ме́чка (bjála méčka) — Ursus maritimus
• Bulgarian: поля́рна ме́чка (poljárna méčka) — Ursus maritimus
• Burmese: ဝင်ရိုးစွန်းဝက်ဝံ (wang-rui:cwan:wak-wam) — Ursus maritimus
• Catalan: os polar — Ursus maritimus
• Catalan: os blanc — Ursus maritimus
• Cherokee: ᏲᎾ ᎤᏁᎦ (yona unega) — Ursus maritimus
• Cheyenne: vóhpenáhkohe — Ursus maritimus
• Chickasaw: falammi nita' — Ursus maritimus
• Chickasaw: nita' aakapassaa-asha' — Ursus maritimus
• Chickasaw: nita' tohbi' — Ursus maritimus
• Chinese Mandarin: 北極熊 /北极熊 (Běijíxióng) — Ursus maritimus
• Chinese Mandarin: 白熊 (báixióng) — Ursus maritimus
• Chukchi: умӄы — Ursus maritimus
• Cornish: arth gwynn — Ursus maritimus
• Cornish: ors gwynn — Ursus maritimus
• Cree: ᐧᐋᐸᔅᒄ (yaapaskw) — Ursus maritimus
• Czech: lední medvěd — Ursus maritimus
• Czech: medvěd lední — Ursus maritimus
• Czech: polární medvěd — Ursus maritimus
• Danish: isbjørn — Ursus maritimus
• Dutch: ijsbeer — Ursus maritimus
• Esperanto: blanka urso — Ursus maritimus
• Estonian: jääkaru — Ursus maritimus
• Faroese: hvítabjørn — Ursus maritimus
• Finnish: jääkarhu — Ursus maritimus
• French: ours blanc — Ursus maritimus
• French: ours polaire — Ursus maritimus
• West-Frisian: iisbear — Ursus maritimus
• Galician: oso polar — Ursus maritimus
• Georgian: თეთრი დათვი (tetri datvi) — Ursus maritimus
• German: Eisbär — Ursus maritimus
• German: Polarbär — Ursus maritimus
• Greek: πολική αρκούδα (polikí arkoúda) — Ursus maritimus
• Greenlandic: nanoq — Ursus maritimus
• Gujarati: ધ્રુવીય રીંછ (dhruvīya rī̃ch) — Ursus maritimus
• Hawaiian: nanuka — Ursus maritimus
• Hebrew: דוב הקוטב (dov ha-kotev) — Ursus maritimus
• Hindi: ध्रुवीय भालू (dhruvīya bhālū) — Ursus maritimus
• Hungarian: jegesmedve — Ursus maritimus
• Icelandic: ísbjörn — Ursus maritimus
• Icelandic: hvítabjörn — Ursus maritimus
• Ido: urso blanka — Ursus maritimus
• Indonesian: beruang kutub — Ursus maritimus
• Ingrian: valkia karhu — Ursus maritimus
• Ingrian: merikarhu — Ursus maritimus
• Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq) — Ursus maritimus
• Inuktitut: nanuq — Ursus maritimus
• Inupiaq: nanuq — Ursus maritimus
• Inuvialuktun: nanuq (nanuq) — Ursus maritimus
• Irish: béar bán — Ursus maritimus
• Italian: orso polare — Ursus maritimus
• Italian: orso bianco — Ursus maritimus
• Japanese: ホッキョクグマ (Hokkyoku-guma) — Ursus maritimus
• Japanese: シロクマ (shirokuma) — Ursus maritimus
• Javanese: bruwang kutub — Ursus maritimus
• Kalmyk: цаһан аю (tsağan ayu) — Ursus maritimus
• Kazakh: ақ аю (aq aü) — Ursus maritimus
• Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្មុំទឹកកក (khlaa khmum tɨk kɑɑk) — Ursus maritimus
• Komi-Zyrian: еджыд ош (jedžyd oš) — Ursus maritimus
• Korean: 흰곰 (huin'gom) — Ursus maritimus
• Korean: 북극곰 (Bukgeukgom) — Ursus maritimus
• Koyukon: taah kʼetlaaghozeʼ — Ursus maritimus
• Lakota: matȟóska — Ursus maritimus
• Latvian: leduslācis — Ursus maritimus
• Latvian: polārlācis — Ursus maritimus
• Latvian: baltais lācis — Ursus maritimus
• Lithuanian: baltasis lokys — Ursus maritimus
• Luxembourgish: Äisbier — Ursus maritimus
• Luxembourgish: Polarbier — Ursus maritimus
• Macedonian: бела мечка (bela mečka) — Ursus maritimus
• Malay: beruang kutub — Ursus maritimus
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wapsq — Ursus maritimus
• Northern Mansi: то̄рев (tōrev) — Ursus maritimus
• Māori: pea huka — Ursus maritimus
• Mongolian: цагаан баавгай (cagaan baavgaj) — Ursus maritimus
• Nahuatl: ātlācamāyeh — Ursus maritimus
• Tundra Nenets: сэр' варк — Ursus maritimus
• Norman: blianc-ours — Ursus maritimus
• Norwegian: isbjørn — Ursus maritimus
• Pawnee: kurukstaakaa — Ursus maritimus
• Persian: خرس قطبی (xers-e qotbi) — Ursus maritimus
• Plautdietsch: Ieesboa — Ursus maritimus
• Polish: niedźwiedź polarny — Ursus maritimus
• Polish: niedźwiedź biały — Ursus maritimus
• Portuguese: urso-polar — Ursus maritimus
• Portuguese: urso-branco — Ursus maritimus
• Quechua: yuraq ukumari — Ursus maritimus
• Romanian: urs polar — Ursus maritimus
• Romanian: urs alb — Ursus maritimus
• Russian: бе́лый медве́дь (bélyj medvédʹ) — Ursus maritimus
• Russian: поля́рный медве́дь (poljárnyj medvédʹ) — Ursus maritimus
• Inari-Sami: jieŋâkuobžâ — Ursus maritimus
• Northern Sami: jiekŋaguovža — Ursus maritimus
• Serbo-Croatian: сјеверни медвјед/северни медвед — Ursus maritimus
• Serbo-Croatian: бијели медвјед/бели медвед — Ursus maritimus
• Serbo-Croatian: поларни медвјед m/поларни медвед — Ursus maritimus
• Serbo-Croatian: sjeverni medvjed/severni medved — Ursus maritimus
• Serbo-Croatian: bijeli medvjed/beli medved — Ursus maritimus
• Serbo-Croatian: polarni medvjed m/polarni medved — Ursus maritimus
• Slovak: ľadový medveď — Ursus maritimus
• Slovene: polarni medved — Ursus maritimus
• Slovene: beli medved — Ursus maritimus
• Spanish: oso polar — Ursus maritimus
• Spanish: oso blanco — Ursus maritimus
• Sundanese: biruang kutub — Ursus maritimus
• Swahili: dubu barafu — Ursus maritimus
• Swedish: isbjörn — Ursus maritimus
• Tajik: хирси қутбӣ (xirs-i qutbi) — Ursus maritimus
• Tamil: துருவக் கரடி (turuvak karaṭi) — Ursus maritimus
• Thai: หมีขั้วโลก (mǐi-kûua-lôok) — Ursus maritimus
• Thai: หมีขาว (mǐi-kǎao) — Ursus maritimus
• Tibetan: བྱང་སྣེའི་དོམ་དཀར (byang sne'i dom dkar) — Ursus maritimus
• Tsimshian: mooksgm'ol — Ursus maritimus
• Turkish: kutup ayısı — Ursus maritimus
• Udmurt: тӧдьы гондыр (töďy gondyr) — Ursus maritimus
• Ukrainian: бі́лий ведмі́дь (bílyj vedmídʹ) — Ursus maritimus
• Unami: xinkwi òpsit màxkw — Ursus maritimus
• Urdu: قطبی بھالو (qutbī bhālū) — Ursus maritimus
• Uyghur: ئاق ئېيىق (aq ëyiq) — Ursus maritimus
• Uzbek: oq ayiq — Ursus maritimus
• Vietnamese: gấu trắng Bắc Cực — Ursus maritimus
• Vietnamese: gấu Bắc Cực — Ursus maritimus
• Vietnamese: gấu trắng — Ursus maritimus
• Welsh: arth wen — Ursus maritimus
• Welsh: arth y gogledd — Ursus maritimus
• Yiddish: ווײַסער בער (vayser ber) — Ursus maritimus
• Yup'ik: arlunaq — Ursus maritimus
• Yup'ik: nanuaq — Ursus maritimus