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Great Bear en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. 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.

Relateds

Alkaid · Dubhe · septentrion · Little Bear · Mizar

Synonyms

Big Dipper · Charles' Wain · the Plough · the Wain

Translations (12)

fr Grande Ourse (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · fi Otava (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · ru Больша́я Медве́дица (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · de Großer Bär (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · sh Велики медвед (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · gl Osa Maior (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · es Osa Mayor (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · pl Wielka Niedźwiedzica (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · ro Carul Mare (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · cy yr Arth Fawr (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · hi सप्तर्षि तारामंडल (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) · ms Beruang Besar (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky)