Ursa Major

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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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.

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Ursa Major

Borrowed from Latin Ursa maior (“(the) greater bear”).

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Ursae Majoris

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