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Great Bear
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English
Proper noun
Great Bear
en constellation A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
Synonyms
en Big Dipper
en Charles' Wain
the Plough
the Wain
Translations
a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky
Finnish: fi Otava
French: fr Grande Ourse f
Galician: gl Osa Maior f
German: de Großer Bär f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Ἄρκτος
Hindi: hi सप्तर्षि तारामंडल m
Latin: la Helicē f
Malay: ms Beruang Besar
Polish: pl Wielka Niedźwiedzica f
Romanian: ro Carul Mare n
Russian: ru Больша́я Медве́дица f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Велики медвед m Veliki medved
Spanish: es Osa Mayor f
Welsh: cy Arth Fawr f yr Arth Fawr
See also
en Alkaid
en Dubhe
en Little Bear
en Mizar
en septentrion
en Asterisms