Ursa Minor

English

The constellation Ursa Minor

Etymology

From Latin ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) 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 of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.

Synonyms

• Little Bear, Lesser Bear

Derived terms

• Ursae Minoris

Related terms

• UMi

Translations

a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky

• Abkhaz: Еҵәаџьаа (Ecʷʼadžaa)
• Arabic: الدُّب الْأَصْغَر m (ad-dub al-ʔaṣḡar)
• Armenian: Փոքր Արջ (Pʻokʻr Arǰ)
• Azerbaijani: Kiçik Ayı
• Belarusian: Мала́я Мядзве́дзіца f (Malája Mjadzvjédzica), Мала́я Мядзве́дзіха f (Malája Mjadzvjédzixa)
• Bulgarian: Ма́лка ме́чка f (Málka méčka)
• Burmese: ကြေးမုံခွက်တာရာ (my) (kre:mumhkwaktara)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小熊座 (zh) (Xiǎoxióngzuò)

• Czech: Malý medvěd (cs) m
• Danish: Lille Bjørn c
• Dutch: Kleine Beer (nl) m
• Estonian: Väike Vanker
• Finnish: Pieni karhu (fi)
• French: Petite Ourse (fr) f
• Galician: Osa Menor (gl) f
• Georgian: პატარა დათვის თანავარსკვლავედი (ṗaṭara datvis tanavarsḳvlavedi)
• German: kleiner Bär m, Kleiner Bär (de) m, kleiner Wagen m
• Greek: Μικρή Άρκτος (el) f (Mikrí Árktos)

  Ancient: Ἄρκτος Μικρά f (Árktos Mikrá)

• Hindi: लघुसप्तर्षि m (laghusaptarṣi), ध्रुवमत्स्य (hi) m (dhruvmatsya), अरसा माइनर m (arsā māinar)
• Irish: an Béar Beag m
• Italian: Orsa minore f
• Japanese: 小熊座 (ja) (こぐまざ, Kogumaza)
• Kazakh: Кіші Аю (Kışı Aü), Кішіқарақшы (Kışıqaraqşy)
• Korean: 작은곰자리 (Jageun'gomjari)
• Kyrgyz: Кичи Жетиген (Kici Jetigen)
• Latin: Ursa minor f
• Latvian: Mazais Lācis m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Lütt Boor m

• Macedonian: Мала Мечка f (Mala Mečka)
• Malay: Beruang Kecil
• Maltese: is-Sebat Aħwa m pl, id-Debb iż-Zgħir m
• Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáádii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lille bjørn (no) m

• Persian: خرس کوچک (xers-e kučak), دب اصغر (fa) (dobb-e asğar)
• Polish: Mała Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ursa Menor (pt) f
• Romanian: Ursa Mică (ro) f
• Russian: Ма́лая Медве́дица f (Málaja Medvédica)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мали медвед m, Мали медвјед m

  Roman: Mali medved m, Mali medvjed m

• Slovak: Malý medveď m
• Slovene: Mali medved (sl) m
• Spanish: Osa Menor f
• Swedish: Lilla Björn c
• Tagalog: Osa Menor
• Tajik: Дубби Асғар (Dubbi Asġar)
• Tatar: Кече Җидегән (Keçe Cidegän)
• Thai: กลุ่มดาวหมีเล็ก (glùm-daao-mǐi-lék)
• Turkish: Küçük Ayı
• Turkmen: Kiçi Ýedigen
• Ukrainian: Мала́ Ведме́диця f (Malá Vedmédycja)
• Vietnamese: Tiểu Hùng (小熊)
• Walloon: Pitit Tchår (wa) m, Tchårea (wa) m
• Welsh: yr Arth Fach f

See also

• Kochab
• Polaris
• Little Dipper
• Ursa Major