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] The other stars in it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda.

   Synonyms: Charles' Wain (obsolete Britain), Drinking Gourd (obsolete USA), Northern Ladle (Asia), Northern Waggoner (obsolete), Plough (Britain), Wain (obsolete Britain), Wagon, Great Wagon, Bandwagon, Saptarishi, Saucepan, triones

Translations

bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky

• Arabic: بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ الكُبْرَى‎ (banātu naʿšin al-kubrā)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Velký vůz m
• Danish: Karlsvognen c
• Egyptian: (ḫpš m), (msḫtyw m)
• Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
• Finnish: Otava (fi)
• French: Grande Casserole (fr) f, Grand Chariot m
• Galician: Carro, Arado m, Setestrelo m
• German: Großer Wagen (de) m
• Hungarian: Göncölszekér
• Italian: Gran Carro m
• Japanese: 北斗七星 (ほくとしちせい, hokuto shichisei)
• Kazakh: Жетіқарақшы (Jetiqaraqşı)
• Korean: 북두칠성 (bukduchilseong) (北斗七星 (ko)), 북두성 (bukduseong) (北斗星 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Heftbira

• Latin: Plaustrum n, septentriō (la) m, septentriōnēs m pl
• Malay: bintang biduk, bintang gayung besar, bintang jong
• Manx: Yn Arc Mooar f, Arc ny Twoaie f
• Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼ
• Norman: L'Êclon m

• Norwegian: Karlsvognen
• Okinawan: 七ち星 (ななちぶし, Nanachibushi)
• Old English: carles wǣn
• Persian: هفت‌اورنگ مهین‎ (haft-owrang-e-mehin)
• Polish: Wielki Wóz (pl) 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

• Slovak: Veľký voz m
• 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 (𥬧𣋀北斗), Sao Bắc Đẩu (𣋀北斗), Bắc Đẩu tinh (北斗星), Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (北斗七星)

See also

• Little Dipper
• septentrion
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor

Further reading

• Big Dipper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia