Big Dipper

See also: big dipper

English

Big Dipper

Proper noun

Big Dipper

1. (astronomy, especially US) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. [from 1845]

   Synonyms: Charles' Wain, Northern Waggoner (obsolete), Plough (Britain), Wain

Translations

bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北斗七星 (zh) (běidǒu qīxīng), 北斗星 (zh) (běidǒuxīng)

• Danish: Karlsvognen c
• Egyptian: (ḫpš m)
• Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
• Finnish: Otava (fi)
• French: Grande Casserole (fr) f, Grand Chariot m
• German: Großer Wagen (de) m
• Hungarian: Göncölszekér
• Japanese: 北斗七星 (ほくとしちせい, hokuto shichisei)
• Korean: 북두칠성 (bukduchilseong) (北斗七星 (ko))
• Kurdish: Heftbira
• Malay: bintang biduk, bintang gayung besar, bintang jong
• Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼ
• Norman: L'Êclon m
• Norwegian: Karlsvognen

• Old English: carles wǣn
• Persian: هفت‌اورنگ مهین‎‎ (haft-owrang-e-mehin)
• Polish: Wielki Wóz m
• Portuguese: Grande Carro m, Caçarola f
• Romanian: Carul Mare
• Russian: Большо́й Ковш m (Bolʹšój Kovš)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Велика кола f

  Roman: Velika kola f

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Njebjaski wóz m

• Spanish: el Carro (es) m, el Cazo m
• Swedish: Karlavagnen c
• Tagalog: Malaking Tabo
• Turkish: Büyük Ayı
• Vietnamese: chòm Sao Bắc Đẩu, Sao Bắc Đẩu, Bắc Đẩu tinh (北斗星), Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (北斗七星)

See also

• Alkaid
• Dubhe
• Little Dipper
• Mizar
• septentrion
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor

Further reading

• Big Dipper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia