Leo Minor

English

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin leō, a "lion" + minor, "lesser"

Proper noun

Leo Minor

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a small lion. It lies north of the constellation Leo and south of Ursa Major.

Derived terms

• Leonis Minoris

Translations

spring constellation of the northern sky

• Finnish: Pieni leijona
• French: Petit Lion (fr) m
• Galician: León Menor (gl)
• German: Kleiner Löwe m
• Irish: an Leon Beag m
• Kazakh: Кіші Арыстан (Kişi Arıstan)
• Malay: Singa Kecil

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Den lille løve (no)

  Nynorsk: Vesle løve

• Polish: Mały Lew (pl) m
• Portuguese: Leo Minor f
• Russian: Малый Лев (Malyj Lev)

See also

• Leo

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Leo Minor f

1. (astronomy, rare) Leo Minor (a spring constellation of the northern sky)

   Synonym: Leão Menor