pole star

See also Pole Star

English

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Alternative forms

• polar star, polestar

Noun

pole star (plural pole stars)

1. (astronomy) The star nearest a celestial pole of a planet.

   Polaris is currently (long-term) the Pole Star of our blue planet Earth.

2. A guide or guiding principle.

Translations

the star

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: poolster, leidster, leidstar
• Finnish: napatähti (fi)
• German: Polarstern (de) m
• Hungarian: sarkcsillag (hu)

• Italian: stella polare (it) f
• Russian: Полярная Звезда (ru) (pol'árnaja zv'ezdá) f
• Spanish: estrella polar (es) f
• Swedish: polstjärna (sv) n

a guiding principle

• Dutch: leidster, leidstar, richtinggevend beginsel/principe n
• Finnish: johtotähti (fi)

• Hungarian: vezércsillag (hu), vezérelv (hu)

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Translations to be checked

• French: étoile polaire
• German: Polarstern m

• Ido: polo-stelo
• Telugu: ధృవ నక్షత్రం (dhRva nakshatraM)

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