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Ursa_Minor

Ursa Minor

English

The constellation Ursa Minor

Proper noun

Ursa Minor

(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris.

Derived terms

Ursae Minoris

Related terms

UMi

Translations

a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky

Chinese:
Mandarin: 小熊座 (zh) ‎(Xiǎoxióngzuò)
Finnish: Pieni karhu (fi)
French: Petite Ourse (fr) f
Galician: Osa Menor (gl) f
German: Kleiner Bär (de) m
Greek: Μικρή Άρκτος (el) f ‎(Mikrí Árktos)
Irish: An Béar Beag m
Japanese: 小熊座 (ja) ‎(こぐまざ, Kogumaza)
Latin: Ursa Minor f
Low German:
German Low German: Lütt Boor m
Malay: Beruang Kecil

Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáádii
Polish: Mała Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
Portuguese: Ursa Menor f
Russian: Ма́лая Медве́дица f ‎(Málaja Medvédica)
Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m
Serbo-Croatian: Мали медвед m ‎(Mali medved)
Spanish: Osa Menor f
Swedish: Lilla Björn
Tagalog: Osa Menor
Turkish: Küçük Ayı
Walloon: Pitit Tchår (wa) m, Tchårea (wa) m

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