Ursa Minor
/ˌɝsə ˈmaɪnɚ/
Ursa Minor proper noun: a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.
Proper noun
Ursa Minor
- A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.
- Synonyms:
- Little Bear, Lesser Bear
Ursa Minor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
Ursa Minor in Hindi
- a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
- ध्रुवमत्स्य तारामंडल dhruvmatsya tārāmaṇḍal
Ursa Minor in Tamil
- சிறுகரடி விண்மீன் மண்டலம்
Ursa Minor in Tagalog
- a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
- Osa Menor
Ursa Minor in Arabic
- a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky
- بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ الصُّغْرَى banātu naʕšin aṣ-ṣuḡrā, الدُّب الْأَصْغَر ad-dub al-ʔaṣḡar
More languagesFewer languages
- Ursa Minor in Malay
- Beruang Kecil
- Ursa Minor in Persian
- خرس کوچک xers-e kučak, دب اصغر dobb-e asġar
- Ursa Minor in Thai
- กลุ่มดาวหมีเล็ก glùm-daao-mǐi-lék
- Ursa Minor in Vietnamese
- Tiểu Hùng
- Ursa Minor in Myanmar
- ကြေးမုံခွက်တာရာ kre:mumhkwaktara
Synonyms of Ursa Minor
- Little Bear
- Lesser Bear
Origin of Ursa Minor
Borrowed from Latin Ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”).
Words formed from Ursa Minor
- Ursae Minoris
Questions about Ursa Minor
- What does Ursa Minor mean?
- Ursa Minor means a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.
- What is Ursa Minor in Hindi?
- Ursa Minor in Hindi is ध्रुवमत्स्य तारामंडल (dhruvmatsya tārāmaṇḍal). See Ursa Minor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ursa Minor?
- Ursa Minor is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Ursa Minor?
- Ursa Minor is pronounced /ˌɝsə ˈmaɪnɚ/ (US).
Words near Ursa Minor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ursa Minor (page history and authors); ursa minor (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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