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TIL the Scandinavian word for Polar Bear is Isbjørn/ Isbjörn. It literally means “Ice Bear.”
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In Hungarian it is “jegesmedve”, what literally means “icy bear” 🙂
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And it’s Latin name is water bear suggesting whoever named it had some foresight regarding its habitat.
Eisbär is the german word. also is literally ice bear
I’m guessing you might mean Norwegian word. Scandinavia is a region, not a language, and Norwegian is one of the languages commonly spoken.