Ursus
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Ursus is Latin for "bear
". In this form it refers to a male bear or the species regardless of gender; the specifically female form is Ursa
. The word may also refer to:
Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
". In this form it refers to a male bear or the species regardless of gender; the specifically female form is Ursa
Ursa
Ursa is a latin word, meaning bear. Derivatives of this word are ursine or Ursini.Ursa may refer to:* Ursa , a fictional villain in Superman media* Ursa , a fictional character in the Open Season franchise...
. The word may also refer to:
- Ursus (praefectus urbi)Ursus (praefectus urbi)Ursus was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople in 415-416.- Life :In 415 Ursus was praefectus urbi of Constantinople. On September 4, he escorted the relics of Joseph and Zechariah that were brought in the Great Church; he is attested in office by laws issued...
, praefectus urbi of Constantinople in 415-416 - Ursus (genus)Ursus (genus)Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, and black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.-Species and subspecies of Ursus:...
, a genus of bears - Ursus (beer)Ursus (beer)Ursus Breweries, a subsidiary of SABMiller plc, is one of the top brewers in Romania. The company is based in Bucharest and owns 4 breweries in Cluj-Napoca, Timişoara, Buzau and Braşov, employing over 1,700 people...
, a Romanian beer - Ursus (vodka)Ursus (vodka)Ursus Vodka is a vodka of Icelandic origin that is made in Hoorn, Netherlands.The recipe was developed by a traditional Icelandic distiller family in the early twentieth century. Since 1995 it is distilled and bottled by the Ursus Vodka Company NV in the Netherlands. Ursus is also bottled for...
, an Icelandic vodka - Ursus, Warsaw, a borough of Warsaw, Poland
- Ursus Tractor FactoryUrsus Tractor FactoryThe Ursus Factory is a Polish producer of agricultural machinery located in Warsaw.- Early History :The Ursus Factory was founded in Poland in 1893 on 15 Siennej Street, Warsaw, by three engineers and four businessmen...
, Poland - Saint UrsusSaint UrsusSaint Ursus may refer to:*Ursus of Aosta, 6th century*Ursus of Auxerre, 6th century*Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd Century martyr...
, the name of several Christian saints - Reimarus UrsusReimarus UrsusNicolaus Reimers Baer , also Reimarus Ursus, Nicolaus Reimers Bär or Nicolaus Reymers Baer was an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II...
(16th-century), an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Rudolf II - Ursus (film character)Ursus (film character)Ursus is a fictional character featured in a series of Italian sword and sandal films produced in the early 1960s. The character was an archetypical Greco-Roman warrior, similar to the mythical Hercules or Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian...
, a fictional character in Italian adventure films - General Ursus (Planet of the Apes), a gorilla character in Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- Ursus, the bodyguard of Ligia, a minor character in Quo Vadis (novel)Quo Vadis (novel)Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. Quo vadis is Latin for "Where are you going?" and alludes to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, in which Peter flees Rome but on his way meets Jesus and asks him why he...
- Ursus, a character in Victor Hugo's novel The Man Who LaughsThe Man Who LaughsThe Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published under the title By Order of the King...
- Ursus (film), 1961 Italian film