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| '''Bear''' may also refer to: | '''Bear''' may also refer to: | ||
| * ], a famous exploration ship | * ], a famous exploration ship | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a novel by ] | ||
| * ], a band featuring Adrian Belew | * ], a band featuring Adrian Belew | ||
| * ], a subculture of the gay community consisting of large, hairy, and usually bearded, men | * ], a subculture of the gay community consisting of large, hairy, and usually bearded, men | ||
| * ''Bear market'', one of several ] referring to a cyclical downturn in a stock market | * ''Bear market'', one of several ] referring to a cyclical downturn in a stock market | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an unofficial mascot hidden in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 | ||
| ⚫ | * ''BEAR'', a ] developed as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative | ||
| ⚫ | * ''BEAR'', Battlefield Extraction and Retrieval Robot | ||
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| ⚫ | * ], an alternative comic book by Jamie Smart | ||
| * ], a block cipher designed by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham | * ], a block cipher designed by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham | ||
| ⚫ | * ''The Bear'', a play by ] | ||
| * ], also known as ''L'Ours'', a 1988 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud | * ], also known as ''L'Ours'', a 1988 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an opera by William Walton | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a popular name for British public houses | ||
| ⚫ | ** ] a particularly historic British public house | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a radio station in Ottawa whose on-air brand name is ''The Bear'' | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta with the brand name ''The Bear'' | ||
| * ], a Soviet bomber aircraft given the NATO reporting name ''Bear'' | * ], a Soviet bomber aircraft given the NATO reporting name ''Bear'' | ||
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| * ] (d.1839), a Cherokee leader also known as ''Drowning Bear'' | * ] (d.1839), a Cherokee leader also known as ''Drowning Bear'' | ||
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==Literature== | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a character from ''The Railway Series'' books by Rev.W.Awdry | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an unincorporated community in the United States | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an alternative comic book by Jamie Smart | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an opera by William Walton | ||
| ⚫ | * ''The Bear'', a play by ] | ||
| ==Companies== | |||
| ⚫ | * ], a popular name for British public houses | ||
| ⚫ | ** ] a particularly historic British public house | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a radio station in Ottawa whose on-air brand name is ''The Bear'' | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta with the brand name ''The Bear'' | ||
| ==Sports teams== | ==Sports teams== | ||
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| ==Other== | ==Other== | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an unincorporated community in the United States | ||
| * Bear, a rank in the ] |
* Bear, a rank in the ] | ||
| ⚫ | * ], a novel by ] | ||
| ⚫ | * ], an unofficial mascot hidden in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 | ||
| ⚫ | * ''BEAR'', a ] developed as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative | ||
| ⚫ | * ''BEAR'', Battlefield Extraction and Retrieval Robot | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora.
Bear may also refer to:
- Bear (ship), a famous exploration ship
- The Bears (band), a band featuring Adrian Belew
- Bear community, a subculture of the gay community consisting of large, hairy, and usually bearded, men
- Bear market, one of several market trends referring to a cyclical downturn in a stock market
- BEAR (cipher), a block cipher designed by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham
- The Bear (film), also known as L'Ours, a 1988 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Tupolev Tu-95, a Soviet bomber aircraft given the NATO reporting name Bear
People
- Bear Cut Ear, a chief of the Crow tribe
- Greg Bear, an american science fiction author
- Bear Bryant, an American college football player
- Bear Grylls, youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest
- Bear Hunter (d.1863), a Shoshone chief
- Bear's Rib, a Hunkpapa Sioux chief
- Blackbear Bosin (1921-1980), a Comanche-Kiowa artist and painter
- Conquering Bear (d.1854), a Brulé Sioux leader
- Crazy Bear (Assiniboine chief), an Assiniboine chief
- Hollow Horn Bear (c.1850–1913), a Brulé Sioux leader
- Mato-tope (c.1795–1837), chief of the Mandan tribe, also known as Four Bears
- George Halas, founder of the Chicago Bears, known as Papa Bear
- Bear McCreary, a classically trained musician and composer known for his work on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
- Kicking Bear (1846–1904), a Lakota chief
- Lean Bear (1813–1864), a Cheyenne chief
- Satanta (White Bear) (d.1878), a Kiowa war leader who was also known as White Bear
- Sitting Bear (c.1830–1871), a Kiowa warrior and medicine man
- Owsley Stanley, nicknamed Bear, the largest LSD manufacturer of the 1960s and soundman for the Grateful Dead
- Standing Bear (c.1834–1908), a chief of the Ponca tribe
- Ten Bears (1792-1873), a Comanche leader
- Ray Young Bear, a Meskwaki poet
- Yonaguska (d.1839), a Cherokee leader also known as Drowning Bear
Literature
- Bear, a character from The Railway Series books by Rev.W.Awdry
- Bear (comic book), an alternative comic book by Jamie Smart
- The Bear (opera), an opera by William Walton
- The Bear, a play by Anton Chekhov
Companies
- Bear Inn, a popular name for British public houses
- Bear Inn, Oxford a particularly historic British public house
- CKQB-FM, a radio station in Ottawa whose on-air brand name is The Bear
- CFBR-FM, a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta with the brand name The Bear
Sports teams
- Baylor Bears, sports teams of Baylor University
- California Golden Bears, sports teams of the University of California, Berkeley
- Chicago Bears, an American football team
- Alberta Golden Bears, the men's teams at the University of Alberta
- Missouri State Bears, sports teams of the Missouri State University
- Central Arkansas Bears, the men's teams of the University of Central Arkansas
- NYIT Bears, the sports teams of the New York Institute of Technology
- University of Northern Colorado athletics
Other
- Bear, Delaware, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Bear, a rank in the Cub Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
- Bear (novel), a novel by Marian Engel
- Microsoft Bear, an unofficial mascot hidden in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95
- BEAR, a particle beam weapon developed as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative
- BEAR, Battlefield Extraction and Retrieval Robot
See also
- Bear Creek (disambiguation)
- Big Bear (disambiguation)
- Celebrity bears
- List of fictional bears
- List of historical bears
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