English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ursa Major
- (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
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)
- 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)
- Kankanaey: Kinamalig, Balangay
- 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 (Dubb-i 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
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