Big Dipper

big dipper English thumb|Big Dipper Pronunciation en /ˈbɪɡ ˈdɪpə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Big Dipper.wav Southern England en /ˈbɪɡ ˈdɪpɚ/ GA Proper noun 1 Big Dipper en constellation especially US A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart, and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. from 1845 The other stars comprising it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda. en Charles' Wain obsolete Britain Drinking Gourd obsolete USA Northern Ladle Asia Northern Waggoner obsolete Plough Britain Wain obsolete Britain Wagon Great Wagon Bandwagon Saptarishi Saucepan triones Translations bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky Ahtna: aht cʼeceʼ Arabic: ar بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ الكُبْرَى Armenian: hy Assamese: as সপ্তর্ষি xôptôrxi Avestan: ae 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬧𐬔𐬀 Bengali: bn সপ্তর্ষি śôptorśi Burmese: my ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ် Catalan: ca Carro Gran m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 北斗七星, cmn 北斗星 Czech: cs Velký vůz m Danish: da Karlsvognen c Egyptian: ḫpš m x*p:S-F24:N14-A40, msḫtjw m ms-x-tyw-U21:N14 Esperanto: eo Granda Kulero, eo Plugilo, eo Ĉaro de Karlo, eo Granda Kulerego Estonian: et Suur Vanker Finnish: fi Otava French: fr Grande Casserole f, fr Grand Chariot m Galician: gl Carro, gl Arado m, gl Setestrelo m, gl Osa Maior f Georgian: ka German: de Großer Wagen m Hindi: hi सप्तर्षि तारामंडल m Hungarian: hu Göncölszekér Ingrian: izh Suur Otava Irish: ga Camchéachta m Italian: it Gran Carro m Japanese: ja 北斗七星 ほくとしちせい, Hokuto Shichisei, ja 七つ星 ななつぼし, Nanatsuboshi Kazakh: kk Жетіқарақшы Khmer: km Korean: ko ^북두칠성(北斗七星), ko ^북두성(北斗星), ko 칠성(七星) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Heftbira Lakota: lkt Wičhá Akhíyuhapi Lao: lo Latin: la Plaustrum n, la septentriō m, la septentriōnēs m-p Lombard: lmo Polsinera f Lü: khb ᦡᦱᧁᦋᦱᧂᧉ Macedonian: mk Го́лема Ко́ла f Malay: ms bintang biduk, ms bintang gayung besar, ms bintang jong Manchu: mnc ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ, mnc ᠨᠠᡳᡥᡡ Manx: gv Arc Mooar f Yn Arc Mooar, gv Arc ny Twoaie f Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn долоон бурхан, mn шанага долоо, mn долоон өвгөн, mn дохигор долоон од Navajo: nv náhookǫs bikąʼ Norman: nrf Êclon m L'Êclon Norwegian: no Karlsvognen Okinawan: ryu 七ち星 ななちぶし, Nanachibushi Old English: ang carles wǣn Persian: fa هفت اورنگ haft owrang, fa بنات‌النعش banât-on-na'š, fa ملاقه بزرگ malâqe-ye bozorg Polish: pl Wielki Wóz m-in Portuguese: pt Grande Carro m, pt Caçarola f Romagnol: rgn Romanian: ro Carul Mare Russian: ru Большо́й Ковш m Sami: Northern Sami: se Dávggát Sanskrit: sa सप्तर्षि saptarṣi Scottish Gaelic: gd Crann m an Crann, gd Còig Gadhair Osgair the line from Alkaid to Dubhe, excluding Phecda and Merak which are known as gd Tulga is Talga Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Велика кола f Latin: sh Velika kola f Slovak: sk Veľký voz m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Njebjaski wóz m Spanish: es Carro m el Carro, es Cazo m el Cazo Sumerian: sux 𒀯𒄑𒀳 mulg̃ešapin Sundanese: su Bentang Padati Swedish: sv Karlavagnen c Tagalog: tl Malaking Tabo Tamil: ta எழுமீன் eḻumīṉ Tanana: Lower Tanana: taa becha' Thai: th กลุ่มดาวจระเข glùm-daao-jɔɔ-rá-kêe Tibetan: bo Turkish: tr Büyük Ayı Vietnamese: vi Bắc Đẩu (vi 北斗), vi Bắc Đẩu tinh (vi 北斗星), vi Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (vi 北斗七星) Welsh: cy Sêr Llong f-p See also en Little Dipper en septentrion en Ursa Major en Ursa Minor Further reading en Asterisms