Ursa Major
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (GA) IPA: /ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/
- (constellation) 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.
- 1605 — Shakespeare, King Lear, i 2
- My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major.
- 1605 — Shakespeare, King Lear, i 2
- French: Grande Ourse
- German: Großer Bär
- Italian: Orsa maggiore
- Portuguese: Ursa Maior
- Russian: Больша́я Медве́дица
- Spanish: Osa Mayor
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