Little Dipper

English

Little Dipper within the constellation Ursa Minor

Proper noun

Little Dipper

(astronomy) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris.

Translations

bright circumpolar asterism

Arabic: بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ اَلصُّغْرَى (banātu naʕšin aṣ-ṣuḡrā)
Czech: Malý vůz (cs) m
Esperanto: Malgranda Ursino, Urseto
Finnish: Pikku-Otava (fi)
Galician: Carriño m, Osa Menor (gl) f
German: Kleiner Bär (de) m
Italian: Orsa minore f
Malay: Gayung Kecil
Persian: هفت‌اورنگ کهین (haft-owrang-e kehin)
Polish: Mały Wóz m
Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m
Serbo-Croatian: Мала кола f (Mala kola)
Slovak: Malý voz m
Spanish: Osa Menor f
Tagalog: Maliit na Tabo

See also

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