Big Dipper

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English

Proper noun

Big Dipper

1. (astronomy) 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.

Synonyms

• Charles’ Wain
• the Plough
• the Wain

Translations

bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北斗七星 (cmn) (běidǒu qīxīng), 北斗星 (cmn) (běidǒu xīng)

• Danish: Karlsvognen (da) c
• Egyptian: ḫpš

• Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
• Finnish: Otava (fi)
• French: Grande Casserole (fr) f, Grand Chariot (fr) m
• German: Großer Wagen (de) m
• Hungarian: Göncölszekér (hu)
• Japanese: 北斗七星 (ja) (ほくとしちせい, hokuto shichisei)
• Jèrriais: L'Êclon m
• Korean: 북두칠성 (ko) (bukduchilseong) (北斗七星 (ko))
• Malay: bintang biduk (ms), bintang gayung besar (ms), bintang jong (ms)

• Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼ
• Norwegian: Karlsvognen (no)
• Old English: carles wǣn (ang)
• Polish: Wielki Wóz (pl) m
• Romanian: Carul Mare (ro)
• Russian: Большой Ковш (ru) (Bolʹšój Kovš) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Велика кола (sh) f

  Roman: Velika kola (sh) f

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

See also

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