Moomin
/ˈmuːmɪn/noun
In the children's tales of Tove Jansson: a member of a race of small, shy, fat, hibernating creatures inhabiting the forests of Finland.
Origin
1950s. From Swedish Mumin- in Mumintroll, coined by the Finnish writer Tove Jansson, writing in Swedish, and first translated into English by Elizabeth Portch in Finn Family Moomintroll; goes to Finnish muumi.
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