Little Dipper

English

Little Dipper within the constellation Ursa Minor

Proper noun

the Little Dipper

1. (astronomy) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris.

Translations

bright circumpolar asterism

• Arabic: بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ اَلصُّغْرَى (banātu naʕšin aṣ-ṣuḡrā)
• Czech: Malý vůz (cs) m
• Esperanto: Malgranda Ursino, Urseto
• Finnish: Pikku-Otava (fi)
• Galician: Carriño m, Osa Menor (gl) f
• German: Kleiner Bär (de) m
• Italian: Orsa minore f
• Malay: Gayung Kecil
• Persian: هفت‌اورنگ کهین (haft-owrang-e kehin)
• Polish: Mały Wóz m
• Scottish Gaelic: An Dreagbhod m
• Serbo-Croatian: Мала кола f (Mala kola)
• Slovak: Malý voz m
• Spanish: Osa Menor f
• Tagalog: Maliit na Tabo

See also

• Polaris
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor
• Big Dipper