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Old Spanish
Etymology
Calque of Latin Ursa Minor (literally “lesser she-bear”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ossa Menor f
- (astronomy) Ursa Minor
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v:Et la eſtrella que es enel cabo dela oſſa menor aque llaman el cabrito de benanays a poder ⁊ ſennorio ſobreſta piedra.- And the star on the rear of the Little Bear, the one they call the goat kid of Benanays, has power and dominion over this stone.
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