Pole Star

See also pole star, and polestar

English

Proper noun

Pole Star

1. (astronomy) The star nearest to Earth's axis when extended above the North Pole: currently Polaris, formerly Thuban.

Synonyms

• North Star

Hyponyms

• Polaris

Translations

star

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北極星 (cmn), 北极星 (cmn) (Běijíxīng)

• Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka (cs) f
• Esperanto: Norda Stelo (eo)
• Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
• French: Étoile polaire (fr) f

• German: Polarstern (de) m
• Greek: Πολικός Αστέρας (el) (Polikós Astéras) m
• Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, Hokkyokusei)
• Portuguese: estrela polar (pt) f
• Russian: Полярная звезда (ru) (Poljárnaja zvezdá) f
• Swedish: polstjärna (sv) c

External links

• Pole Star on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• petrosal