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Leo Minor
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English
Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From en la - leō, a "lion" + minor, "lesser"
Proper noun
Leo Minor
en constellation A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a small lion. It lies north of the constellation Leo and south of Ursa Major.
Derived terms
en Leonis Minoris
Translations
spring constellation of the northern sky
Dutch: nl Kleine Leeuw m
Esperanto: eo Malgranda Leono
Finnish: fi Pieni leijona
French: fr Petit Lion m
Galician: gl León Menor
German: de Kleiner Löwe m
Irish: ga Leon Beag m an Leon Beag
Kazakh: kk Кіші Арыстан
Malay: ms Singa Kecil
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Den lille løve
Nynorsk: nn Vesle løve
Polish: pl Mały Lew m
Portuguese: pt Leo Minor f
Russian: ru Малый Лев
See also
en Leo
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt constellation rare en Leo Minor a spring constellation of the northern sky
pt Leão Menor