English
Etymology
From Latin ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ursa Minor
- (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.
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Translations
a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
- Abkhaz: Еҵәаџьаа (Ecʷʼadžaa)
- Arabic: الدُّب الْأَصْغَر m (ad-dub al-ʔaṣḡar)
- Armenian: Փոքր Արջ (Pʻokʻr Arǰ)
- Azerbaijani: Kiçik Ayı
- Belarusian: Мала́я Мядзве́дзіца f (Malája Mjadzvjédzica), Мала́я Мядзве́дзіха f (Malája Mjadzvjédzixa)
- Bulgarian: Ма́лка ме́чка f (Málka méčka)
- Burmese: ကြေးမုံခွက်တာရာ (my) (kre:mumhkwaktara)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小熊座 (zh) (Xiǎoxióngzuò)
- Czech: Malý medvěd (cs) m
- Danish: Lille Bjørn c
- Dutch: Kleine Beer (nl) m
- Estonian: Väike Vanker
- Finnish: Pieni karhu (fi)
- French: Petite Ourse (fr) f
- Galician: Osa Menor (gl) f
- Georgian: პატარა დათვის თანავარსკვლავედი (ṗaṭara datvis tanavarsḳvlavedi)
- German: kleiner Bär m, Kleiner Bär (de) m, kleiner Wagen m
- Greek: Μικρή Άρκτος (el) f (Mikrí Árktos)
- Ancient: Ἄρκτος Μικρά f (Árktos Mikrá)
- Hindi: ध्रुवमत्स्य तारामंडल m (dhruvmatsya tārāmaṇḍal)
- Irish: an Béar Beag m
- Italian: Orsa minore f
- Japanese: 小熊座 (ja) (こぐまざ, Kogumaza)
- Kazakh: Кіші Аю (Kışı Aü), Кішіқарақшы (Kışıqaraqşy)
- Korean: 작은곰자리 (Jageun'gomjari)
- Kyrgyz: Кичи Жетиген (Kici Jetigen)
- Latin: Ursa minor f
- Latvian: Mazais Lācis m
- Low German:
- German Low German: Lütt Boor m
- Macedonian: Мала Мечка f (Mala Mečka)
- Malay: Beruang Kecil
- Maltese: is-Sebat Aħwa m pl, id-Debb iż-Zgħir m
- Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáádii
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Lille bjørn (no) m
- Persian: خرس کوچک (xers-e kučak), دب اصغر (fa) (dobb-e asġar)
- Polish: Mała Niedźwiedzica (pl) f
- Portuguese: Ursa Menor (pt) f
- Romanian: Ursa Mică (ro) f
- Russian: Ма́лая Медве́дица f (Málaja Medvédica)
- Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Мали медвед m, Мали медвјед m
- Roman: Mali medved m, Mali medvjed m
- Slovak: Malý medveď m
- Slovene: Mali medved (sl) m
- Spanish: Osa Menor f
- Swedish: Lilla Björn c
- Tagalog: Osa Menor
- Tajik: Дубби Асғар (Dubb-i Asġar)
- Tatar: Кече Җидегән (Keçe Cidegän)
- Thai: กลุ่มดาวหมีเล็ก (glùm-daao-mǐi-lék)
- Turkish: Küçük Ayı
- Turkmen: Kiçi Ýedigen
- Ukrainian: Мала́ Ведме́диця f (Malá Vedmédycja)
- Vietnamese: Tiểu Hùng (小熊)
- Walloon: Pitit Tchår (wa) m, Tchårea (wa) m
- Welsh: yr Arth Fach f
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