Ursa Major

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/

Proper noun

Ursa Major

1. (astronomy) A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major.

Derived terms

• Ursae Majoris

Related terms

• UMa

Translations

large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky

• Abkhaz: Жәгараа (Ẑʷgaraa)
• Arabic: الدُّب الْأَكْبَر m (ad-dub al-ʔakbar)
• Armenian: Մեծ Արջ (Mec Arǰ)
• Azerbaijani: Böyük Ayı
• Bashkir: Етегән (Yetegən)
• Belarusian: Вялі́кая Мядзве́дзіца f (Vjalíkaja Mjadzvjédzica), Вялі́кая Мядзве́дзіха f (Vjalíkaja Mjadzvjédzixa)
• Bulgarian: Голя́ма ме́чка f (Goljáma méčka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大熊座 (zh) (Dàxióngzuò)

• Czech: Velká medvědice (cs) f
• Danish: Store Bjørn c
• Dutch: Grote Beer (nl) m
• Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
• Finnish: Iso karhu (fi), Otava (fi) (Big Dipper)
• French: Grande Ourse (fr) f
• Galician: Carro m, Osa Maior (gl) f
• Georgian: დიდი დათვის თანავარსკვლავედი (didi datvis tanavarsḳvlavedi)
• German: Großer Bär (de) m
• Greek: Μεγάλη Άρκτος (el) f (Megáli Árktos)

  Ancient: Ἄρκτος Μεγάλη f (Árktos Megálē)

• Hindi: सप्तर्षि तारामंडल m (saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal), सप्तर्षि (hi) m (saptarṣi)
• Hungarian: Nagy Medve (hu)
• Ingush: Дардза Къонгаш (Dardza Qʼongaš)
• Irish: an Béar Mór m
• Italian: Orsa maggiore f
• Japanese: 大熊座 (ja) (おおぐまざ, Ōgumaza)
• Kazakh: Үлкен Аю (Ülken Aü)
• Khmer: ក្រពើ (km) (krɑpəə), ផ្កាយក្រពើ (phkaaykrɑɑpəə)
• Korean: 큰곰자리 (Keun'gomjari)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Hirçê Mezin

• Kyrgyz: Чоң Жетиген (Coŋ Jetigen)
• Latin: Ursa Major f
• Latvian: Lielais Lācis m
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Didieji Grįžulo Ratai
• Low German:

  German Low German: Groot Boor m

• Macedonian: Го́лема Ме́чка f (Gólema Méčka)
• Malay: Beruang Besar
• Maltese: is-Seba Kwiekeb f pl, id-Debb il-Kbir m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Их Баавгай (Ix Baavgaj)

• Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼii
• Nogai: Етеген (Yetegen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Store bjørn (no) m

• Occitan: Caçairòla f
• Persian: خرس بزرگ (xers-e bozorg), دب اکبر (fa) (dobb-e akbar)
• Polish: Wielka Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ursa Maior (pt) f
• Romanian: Ursa Mare (ro) f
• Russian: Больша́я Медве́дица (ru) f (Bolʹšája Medvédica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвед m, Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвјед m

  Roman: Vȅlikī mèdved m, Vȅlikī mèdvjed m

• Shor: Чедиген
• Slovak: Veľká medvedica f
• Slovene: Veliki medved (sl) m
• Southern Altai: Јети Каан (J̌eti Kaan), јетеген (ǰetegen)
• Spanish: Osa Mayor f
• Swedish: Stora björn c
• Tagalog: Daong-daungan, Osa Mayor
• Tajik: Дубби Акбар (Dubbi Akbar)
• Tatar: Зур Җидегән (Zur Cidegän)
• Thai: กลุ่มดาวหมีใหญ่ (glùm-daao-mǐi-yài)
• Turkish: Büyük Ayı
• Turkmen: Uly Ýedigen
• Ukrainian: Вели́ка Ведме́диця f (Velýka Vedmédycja)
• Urdu: دب اکبر m (dub akbar)
• Uzbek: Katta Ayiq
• Vietnamese: Đại Hùng (大熊)
• Volapük: sigretaber (vo)
• Walloon: Grand Tchår (wa) m, Tchår Pôcet (wa) m
• Welsh: yr Arth Fawr f

See also

• Big Dipper
• Charles' Wain
• Great Bear
• Ursa Minor