Ursa Minor

English

The constellation Ursa Minor

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɝsə ˈmaɪnɚ/

Proper noun

Ursa Minor

1. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris.

Synonyms

• Little Bear, Lesser Bear

Derived terms

• Ursae Minoris

Related terms

• UMi

Translations

a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小熊座 (zh) (Xiǎoxióngzuò)

• Finnish: Pieni karhu (fi)
• French: Petite Ourse (fr) f
• Galician: Osa Menor (gl) f
• German: kleiner Bär m, Kleiner Bär (de) m, kleiner Wagen m
• Greek: Μικρή Άρκτος (el) f (Mikrí Árktos)

  Ancient: Ἄρκτος Μικρά f (Árktos Mikrá)

• Irish: an Béar Beag m
• Italian: Orsa minore f
• Japanese: 小熊座 (ja) (こぐまざ, Kogumaza)
• Korean: 작은곰자리 (Jageungomjari)
• Latin: Ursa minor f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Lütt Boor m

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• Malay: Beruang Kecil
• Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáádii
• Persian: خرس کوچک (xers-e-kūčak)
• Polish: Mała Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ursa Menor f
• Russian: Ма́лая Медве́дица f (Málaja Medvédica)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m
• Serbo-Croatian: Мали медвед m (Mali medved)
• Spanish: Osa Menor f
• Swedish: Lilla Björn
• Tagalog: Osa Menor
• Thai: กลุ่มดาวหมีเล็ก (glùm-daao-mǐi-lék)
• Turkish: Küçük Ayı
• Ukrainian: Мала́ Ведме́диця f (Malá Vedmédycja)
• Walloon: Pitit Tchår (wa) m, Tchårea (wa) m

See also

• Kochab
• Polaris
• Little Dipper
• Ursa Major