Polaris

See also polaris

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Stella polaris, "pole star"

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔʊˈlɑrɪs/

Proper noun

Polaris

1. (astronomy) The pole star, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor that currently lies close to the north celestial pole; Alpha (α) Ursae Minoris
2. A type of U.S. ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and designed to be launched from a submarine.

Synonyms

• Lode Star
• North Star
• Pole Star

Translations

star

• Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka (cs) f
• Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
• Greek: Κυνόσουρα (el) (Kynosura)
• Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, hokkyokusei)
• Latin: Stella Polaris (la)
• Russian: Полярная звезда (ru) (Poljarnaja zvezda) f

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северњача (sh) f

  Roman: Severnjača (sh) f

• Slovene: Severnica (sl) f
• Turkish: Kutup Yıldızı (tr), Demirkazık (tr), Kuzey Yıldızı (tr)