Bruin

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bruin \bru"in\, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of "Reynard
     the Fox" the bear is so called from his color. See {Brown},
     a.]
     A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bruin
       n 1: a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage
            in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
       2: large ferocious bear of Eurasia [syn: {brown bear}, {Ursus
          arctos}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  BRUIN
       
          Brown University Interactive Language.
       
          A simple interactive language with {PL/I}-like {syntax}, for
          {IBM 360}.
       
          ["Meeting the Computational Requirements of the University,
          Brown University Interactive Language", R.G. Munck, Proc 24th
          ACM Conf, 1969].
       
          (1995-02-14)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bruin, PA (borough, FIPS 9528)
    Location: 41.05510 N, 79.72733 W
    Population (1990): 646 (262 housing units)
    Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 16022

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bruin, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    534
     Housing Units (2000): 228
     Land area (2000):     1.729403 sq. miles (4.479132 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.729403 sq. miles (4.479132 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            09528
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             41.057142 N, 79.730051 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     16022
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bruin, PA
      Bruin