Ursa Major

Meaning

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.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Latin Ursa maiorbor. English Ursa Major Borrowed from Latin Ursa maior (“(the) greater bear”).

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