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Baloo

3 6.8
A friendly easygoing bear who appears in The Jungle Book
  • proper noun
  • /bəˈlu/
  • Literature
: Baloo
  • What would Baloo and Bagheera think?
  • Baloo and Mowgli
  • character Baloo

Examples

Synonyms

Pooh
vsBaloo
  • Literature
64 4.6

An imaginary teddy bear in children's stories by A. A. Milne

is a wild jungle bear rather than a toy character
Winnie the Pooh
vsBaloo
  • Literature
17 2.4

A friendly teddy bear character in children's stories by A.A. Milne

is a wild jungle bear character rather than a toy figure
bruin
vsBaloo
  • Archaic
1 9.5

A bear often shown as a character in stories or fables

is a specific friendly jungle character not a generic story bear

Surface Forms

Baloo main

Etymology

Baloo comes from the Hindi word bhalū, which means 'bear'. Kipling chose this simple name for his friendly, easygoing character in The Jungle Book, so Baloo is easy to remember as a bear.