Great Bear

English

Proper noun

Great Bear

1. (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

• Big Dipper
• Charles' Wain
• the Plough
• the Wain

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

See also

• Alkaid
• Dubhe
• Little Bear
• Mizar
• septentrion