Big Dipper

See also: big dipper

English

Big Dipper

Proper noun

the Big Dipper

1. (astronomy, especially US) A bright 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. [from 1845] The other stars comprising it are 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 (haptōⁱriṇga)
• 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
• 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
  ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (nadan usiha), ᠨᠠᡳᡥᡡ (naihū)
• Manx: Yn Arc Mooar f, Arc ny Twoaie f
• 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 (^mulg̃ešapin)
• 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

• Little Dipper
• septentrion
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor

Further reading

• Big Dipper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia