Where is Nanook from?

Meaning of the name Nanook

Variant of Nanuq. This was the (fictional) name of the subject of Robert Flaherty's documentary film Nanook of the North (1922).

Characteristics of the name Nanook

How do we know this about Nanook

(and is it secret spies?)

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