Great Bear

English

Proper noun

(astronomy) 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

Translations

a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky

Finnish: Otava (fi)
French: Grande Ourse (fr) f
Galician: Osa Maior (gl) f
German: Großer Bär (de) f
Malay: Beruang Besar
Polish: Wielka Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
Romanian: Carul Mare n
Russian: Больша́я Медве́дица (ru) f (Bolʹšája Medvédica)
Serbo-Croatian: Велики медвед m (Veliki medved)
Spanish: Osa Mayor f
Welsh: yr Arth Fawr f

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