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Ursa_Major

Ursa Major

English

Proper noun

(astronomy) A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
- 1605 — Shakespeare, King Lear, i 2
  My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major.

Derived terms

Ursae Majoris

Related terms

UMa

Translations

large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky

Arabic: اَلدُّب اَلْأَكْبَر m ‎(ad-dub al-ʾakbar)
Bashkir: Етегән ‎(Yetegän)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大熊座 (zh) ‎(Dàxióngzuò)
Dutch: Grote Beer (nl)
Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
Finnish: Iso karhu (fi), (Big Dipper) Otava (fi)
French: Grande Ourse (fr) f
German: Großer Bär (de) m
Greek: Μεγάλη Άρκτος (el) f ‎(Megáli Árktos)
Hungarian: Nagy Medve (hu)
Ingrian: Suurottaava
Irish: An Béar Mór m
Italian: Orsa Maggiore
Japanese: 大熊座 (ja) ‎(おおぐまざ, Ōgumaza)
Latin: Ursa Major f

Latvian: Lielie Greizie rati
Lithuanian: Didieji Grįžulo Ratai
Low German:
German Low German: Groot Boor m
Malay: Beruang Besar
Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼii
Nogai: Етеген ‎(Yetegen)
Polish: Wielka Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
Portuguese: Ursa Maior f
Russian: Больша́я Медве́дица f ‎(Bolʹšája Medvédica)
Serbo-Croatian: Велики медвед m ‎(Veliki medved)
Southern Altai: Јети Каан ‎(Ceti Kaan)
Spanish: Osa Mayor f
Swedish: Stora björn
Tagalog: Daung-daungan
Turkish: Büyük Ayı
Volapük: sigretaber (vo)
Walloon: Grand Tchår (wa) m, Tchår Pôcet (wa) m

See also