Great Bear
Great Bear proper noun: a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
Proper noun
Great Bear
- A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
- Synonyms:
- Big Dipper, Charles' Wain, the Plough, the Wain
Great Bear meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malay
Great Bear in Hindi
- a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky
- सप्तर्षि तारामंडल saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal
Great Bear in Tamil
- பெருங்கரடி மண்டலம்
Great Bear in Malay
- a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky
- Beruang Besar
Synonyms of Great Bear
- Big Dipper
- Charles' Wain
- the Plough
- the Wain
Questions about Great Bear
- What does Great Bear mean?
- Great Bear means a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
- What is Great Bear in Hindi?
- Great Bear in Hindi is सप्तर्षि तारामंडल (saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal). See Great Bear meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Great Bear?
- Great Bear is a proper noun.
Words near Great Bear in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Great Bear (page history and authors); great bear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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