North Star

English <dab!> Etymology From en enm north sterre, enm norþ sterre, equivalent to en north star 1. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-North Star.wav Southern England Proper noun North Star en the specific current northern polar star of a specific planet en astronomy The current northern pole star, the star nearest the northern celestial pole, which for Earth has been Polaris for the last 1500 years. en Pole Star Lode Star en pole star polar star en 1997 Kurlansky Mark Mark Kurlansky Chapter 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World Walker 9781440672873 The ships would leave Europe in April, when there was a good easterly wind. Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing. Columbus, Cabot, and many others had done this. Until the eighteenth century, there was no reliable way to measure longitude, which helps explain why so many could make landfalls from the Bahamas to Newfoundland and believe they were near Asia. Latitude could be fixed by the relationship to the North Star or the sun, one of the few things known in the sixteenth century about celestial navigation. Westing ships out of Bristol reached the Labrador coast and dropped down to Newfoundland. Bretons went straight to the Grand Bank and St. John's. en locality in the carea/Gwydir north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en hamlet in the co/County of Northern Lights p/Alberta c/Canada. en unincorporated community co/Yuba County s/California, formerly North Star House. en CDP co/New Castle County s/Delaware. en unincorporated community co/Nicollet County s/Minnesota. en village co/Darke County s/Ohio. en unincorporated community co/Portage County s/Wisconsin. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under North Star Township. en settlement on the island of isl/Saint Croix terr/United States Virgin Islands. Derived terms en Fairbanks North Star Borough Translations star near the northern celestial pole Polaris Thuban Altai: Southern Altai: alt Алтын Казык Breton: br Sterenn f, br Steredenn an Norzh f, br Sterenn an Norzh f, br Steredenn an Hanternoz f, br Steredenn ar Vartoloded f, br Sterenn Greiznoz f, br Sterenn ar C'hreiznoz f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 北極星 Běijíxīng, cmn 北辰 běichén poetic Chukchi: ckt Унпэӈэр Unpėṇėr Czech: cs Polárka f, cs Severka f Esperanto: eo Norda Stelo Finnish: fi Pohjantähti French: fr Étoile polaire f, fr Étoile du Nord f German: de Polarstern m Greek: el Πολικός Αστέρας m Hawaiian: haw Hōkūpaʻa Hindi: hi ध्रुव तारा m Hungarian: hu Sarkcsillag Irish: ga Réalta Thuaidh an Réalta Thuaidh f Italian: it stella polare f Japanese: ja 北極星 ほっきょくせい, Hokkyokusei Khmer: km ផ្កាយមេរុ Korean: ko 북극성(北極星) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Qurix, kmr Qunbere Kyrgyz: ky Алтын Казык Lao: lo ດາວເໜືອ Manchu: mnc ᡥᠠᡩᠠᡥᠠ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ, mnc ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᡨᡝᠨ ᡳ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ Navajo: nv náhookǫs bikǫʼ Persian: fa میخگاه mixgâh Plautdietsch: pdt Nuadstiern n Polish: pl Gwiazda Polarna f, pl Gwiazda Biegunowa f Portuguese: pt Estrela Polar f Russian: ru Поля́рная звезда́ f Sanskrit: sa ध्रुव नक्षत्र m Scottish Gaelic: gd Bàrr-reult A' Bhàrr-reult f, gd Reul-iùil An Reul-iùil f Swedish: sv polstjärna c Thai: th ดาวเหนือ Turkish: tr Kutup Yıldızı Uyghur: ug شىمالىي قۇتۇپ يۇلتۇزى Welsh: cy seren y Gogledd f Yup'ik: esu agyarrlak Noun en figurative An aim or a goal, a dependable guiding light in a quickly changing world. en north star en 2012 The Presidents & Their Faith Darrin Grinder; Steve Shaw For Wilson, his religion served as guiding principle, not a series of explicit religious dictates governing politics: “Wilson's principles, derived from his religious faith, were his North Star, which pointed him in a general direction. en 2018 Honoré Beaugrand: a Traditional “Rouge”? Frank M. Guttman His North Star was Rome, his compass was the Holy Office, “My polar star is Rome; my compass is the Holy Office.” en 2019 When Trauma Wounds: Pathways to Healing and Hope Karen A. McClintock 155 Believing that he would return to life when he was ready, she became his North Star. en 2021 You Turn Ashley Stahl 272 The wise voice in my head agreed with her and told me something I'd never forget: Stop going against yourself. Be you. All the way. And watch life work for you. This voice, my intuition, has become my North Star in life. Derived terms en NSM Further reading Polaris