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Ursa Major

/ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/

Ursa Major proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Ursa Major

  1. 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.
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Ursa Major meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog

Ursa Major in Hindi

large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
सप्तर्षि तारामंडल saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal

Ursa Major in Tamil

பெருங்கரடி மண்டலம்

Ursa Major in Urdu

large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
دب اکبر dub akbar

Ursa Major in Tagalog

large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
Daong-daungan, Osa Mayor
More languagesFewer languages
Ursa Major in Arabic
الدُّب الْأَكْبَر ad-dub al-ʔakbar, بَنَات نَعْش الكُبْرَى banāt naʕš al-kubrā
Ursa Major in Malay
Beruang Besar
Ursa Major in Persian
خرس بزرگ xers-e bozorg, دب اکبر dobb-e akbar
Ursa Major in Thai
กลุ่มดาวหมีใหญ่ glùm-daao-mǐi-yài
Ursa Major in Vietnamese
Đại Hùng

Origin of Ursa Major

Borrowed from Latin Ursa maior (“(the) greater bear”).

Words formed from Ursa Major

  • Ursae Majoris

Questions about Ursa Major

What does Ursa Major mean?
Ursa Major means 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.
What is Ursa Major in Hindi?
Ursa Major in Hindi is सप्तर्षि तारामंडल (saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal). See Ursa Major meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Ursa Major?
Ursa Major is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ursa Major?
Ursa Major is pronounced /ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/ (US).

Words near Ursa Major in the dictionary

  1. Urrutia
  2. Urrutias
  3. Urry
  4. Urrys
  5. urs
  6. Ursa Major
  7. Ursa Minor
  8. ursal
  9. ursals
  10. ursane
  11. ursanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ursa Major (page history and authors); ursa major (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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