pole star

See also: polestar and Pole Star

English

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 the pole star of our blue planet Earth.

2. (figurative) A guide or guiding principle.

Translations

the star

• Bulgarian: Полярната звезда f (Poljarnata zvezda)
• Czech: polární hvězda f, polárka (cs) f
• Dutch: poolster (nl), leidster (nl), leidstar
• Finnish: napatähti
• French: étoile polaire (fr) f
• German: Polarstern (de) m
• Hungarian: sarkcsillag (hu)
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• Italian: stella polare f
• Polish: Gwiazda Polarna f
• Russian: Поля́рная Звезда́ f (Poljárnaja Zvezdá)
• Spanish: estrella polar f
• Swedish: polstjärna (sv) n
• Thai: ดาวเหนือ (th)
• Turkish: Kutup Yıldızı (tr)

a guiding principle

• Bulgarian: пътеводна звезда (pǎtevodna zvezda)
• Dutch: leidster (nl), leidstar, ^{(please verify)} richtinggevend beginsel , ^{(please verify)} richtinggevend principe n
• Finnish: johtotähti
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• Hungarian: vezércsillag (hu), vezérelv (hu)

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Polarstern (de) m
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} polo-stelo
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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ధృవ నక్షత్రం (dhr̥va nakṣatraṁ)

See also

• guide star

Anagrams

• LaPortes, Laportes, Plateros, Portales, Portelas, patroles, petrosal, portsale, prolates