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／北极星 (zh) (Běijíxīng), 北极星 (zh) (Běijíxīng), 北辰 (zh) (běichén) (poetic)

• Chukchi: Унпэӈэр (Unpėṇėr)
• Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka f
• Esperanto: Norda Stelo
• Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
• French: Étoile polaire f
• German: Polarstern (de) m
• Greek: Πολικός Αστέρας m (Polikós Astéras)
• Hawaiian: Hōkūpaʻa
• Hungarian: Sarkcsillag (hu)
• Italian: stella polare f
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• Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, Hokkyokusei)
• Khmer: ផ្កាយមេរុ (phkaaymeiruʼ)
• Korean: 북극성(北極星) (bukgeukseong)
• Lao: ດາວເໜືອ (dāo nư̄a)
• Navajo: náhookǫs bikǫʼ
• Persian: میخگاه (mixgah)
• Polish: Gwiazda Polarna f, Gwiazda Biegunowa
• Portuguese: Estrela Polar f
• Russian: Поля́рная звезда́ (ru) f (Poljárnaja zvezdá)
• Sanskrit: ध्रुव नक्षत्र m (dhruva nakṣatra)
• Southern Altai: Алтын казык (Altïn kazïk)
• Swedish: polstjärna (sv) c
• Thai: ดาวเหนือ (th)
• Uyghur: شىمالىي قۇتۇپ يۇلتۇزى (shimaliy qutup yultuzi)
• Yup'ik: agyarrlak

Further reading

• Pole Star on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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