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English Big Dipper
Proper noun the Big Dipper
( astronomy , especially US ) circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart , and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar , Dubhe , and Alkaid . Alioth , Megrez , Merak , and Phecda .
Synonyms: ( obsolete Britain ) Charles' Wain ( obsolete USA ) Drinking Gourd ( Asia ) Northern Ladle ( obsolete ) Northern Waggoner ( Britain ) Plough ( obsolete Britain ) Wain Wagon Great Wagon Bandwagon Saptarishi Saucepan triones
Translations bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky
Arabic: بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ الكُبْرَى ( banātu naʕšin al-kubrā )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: সপ্তর্ষি ( xôptôrxi )
Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬧𐬔𐬀 ( haptōi )
Bengali: সপ্তর্ষি (bn) ( śôptorśi )
Burmese: ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ် (my) ( hku.naccanykrai )
Catalan: Carro Gran m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北斗七星 (zh) ( běidǒu qīxīng ) , 北斗星 (zh) ( běidǒuxīng )
Czech: Velký vůz (cs) m
Danish: Karlsvognen c
Egyptian: (ḫpš m msḫtjw m
Esperanto: Granda Kulero Plugilo Ĉaro de Karlo Granda Kulerego
Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
Finnish: Otava (fi)
French: Grande Casserole (fr) f Grand Chariot m
Galician: Carro Arado m Setestrelo m Osa Maior (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Großer Wagen (de) m
Hindi: सप्तर्षि तारामंडल m ( saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal )
Hungarian: Göncölszekér (hu)
Ingrian: Suur Otava
Irish: Camchéachta m
Italian: Gran Carro m
Japanese: 北斗七星 (ja) ( ほくとしちせい, hokuto shichisei ) , 七つ星 ( ななつぼし, Nanatsuboshi )
Kazakh: Жетіқарақшы ( Jetıqaraqşy )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 북두칠성(北斗七星) ( bukduchilseong ) , 북두성(北斗星) ( bukduseong ) , 칠성(七星) ( chilseong )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Heftbira
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: Plaustrum n septentriō (la) m septentriōnēs m pl
Lombard: Polsinera (lmo) f
Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦋᦱᧂᧉ ( ḋaawtsaang² )
Macedonian: Го́лема Ко́ла f ( Gólema Kóla )
Malay: bintang biduk bintang gayung besar bintang jong
Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨ ( nadan usiha ) , ᠨᠠᡳᡥᡡ ( naihū )
Manx: Yn Arc Mooar f Arc ny Twoaie f
Middle English: Charlewayn
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: долоон бурхан ( doloon burxan ) , шанага долоо ( šanaga doloo ) , долоон өвгөн ( doloon övgön ) , дохигор долоон од ( doxigor doloon od )
Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼ
Norman: L'Êclon m
Norwegian: Karlsvognen
Okinawan: 七ち星 ( ななちぶし, Nanachibushi )
Old English: carles wǣn
Persian: هفت اورنگ (fa) ( haft owrang ) , بناتالنعش ( banât-on-na'š ) , ملاقه بزرگ ( malâqe-ye bozorg )
Polish: Wielki Wóz (pl) m
Portuguese: Grande Carro m Caçarola f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: Carul Mare
Russian: Большо́й Ковш m ( Bolʹšój Kovš )
Sanskrit: सप्तर्षि (sa) ( saptarṣi )
Scottish Gaelic: an Crann m Còig Gadhair Osgair ( the line from Alkaid to Dubhe, excluding Phecda and Merak which are known as Tulga is Talga )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велика кола f
Roman: Velika kola f
Slovak: Veľký voz m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Njebjaski wóz m
Spanish: el Carro (es) m el Cazo m
Sumerian: 𒀯𒄑𒀳 ( mulg̃eš apin)
Sundanese: Bentang Padati
Swedish: Karlavagnen c
Tagalog: Malaking Tabo
Tamil: எழுமீன் (ta) ( eḻumīṉ )
Thai: กลุ่มดาวจระเข ( glùm-daao-jɔɔ-rá-kêe )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Büyük Ayı
Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu 北斗 Bắc Đẩu tinh 北斗星 Bắc Đẩu thất tinh 北斗七星
Welsh: Sêr Llong f pl
See also
Further reading
Big Dipper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 