"Ursa Major" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/ [General-American]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ursa maior||greater bear}} Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Ursa Major
  1. (astronomy) 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. Wikipedia link: Ursa Major Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Ursae Majoris Related terms: UMa, Big Dipper, Charles' Wain, Great Bear, Ursa Minor Translations (large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky): Жәгараа (Ẑʷgaraa) (Abkhaz), Ἄρκτος Μεγάλη (Árktos Megálē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), الدُّب الْأَكْبَر (ad-dub al-ʔakbar) [masculine] (Arabic), Մեծ Արջ (Mec Arǰ) (Armenian), Böyük Ayı (Azerbaijani), Етегән (Yetegən) (Bashkir), Вялі́кая Мядзве́дзіца (Vjalíkaja Mjadzvjédzica) [feminine] (Belarusian), Вялі́кая Мядзве́дзіха (Vjalíkaja Mjadzvjédzixa) [feminine] (Belarusian), Голя́ма ме́чка (Goljáma méčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 大熊座 (Dàxióngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Velká medvědice [feminine] (Czech), Store Bjørn [common-gender] (Danish), Grote Beer [masculine] (Dutch), Suur Vanker (Estonian), Iso karhu (Finnish), Otava (english: Big Dipper) (Finnish), Grande Ourse [feminine] (French), Carro [masculine] (Galician), Osa Maior [feminine] (Galician), დიდი დათვის თანავარსკვლავედი (didi datvis tanavarsḳvlavedi) (Georgian), Großer Bär [masculine] (German), Μεγάλη Άρκτος (Megáli Árktos) [feminine] (Greek), सप्तर्षि तारामंडल (saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal) [masculine] (Hindi), सप्तर्षि (saptarṣi) [masculine] (Hindi), Nagy Medve (Hungarian), Дардза Къонгаш (Dardza Qʼongaš) (Ingush), an Béar Mór [masculine] (Irish), Orsa maggiore [feminine] (Italian), 大熊座 (Ōgumaza) (alt: おおぐまざ) (Japanese), Үлкен Аю (Ülken Aü) (Kazakh), ក្រពើ (krɑɑpəə) (Khmer), ផ្កាយក្រពើ (phkaaykrɑɑpəə) (Khmer), 큰곰자리 (Keun'gomjari) (Korean), Чоң Жетиген (Coŋ Jetigen) (Kyrgyz), Ursa Major [feminine] (Latin), Lielais Lācis [masculine] (Latvian), Groot Boor [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Го́лема Ме́чка (Gólema Méčka) [feminine] (Macedonian), Beruang Besar (Malay), is-Seba Kwiekeb [feminine, plural] (Maltese), id-Debb il-Kbir [masculine] (Maltese), Их Баавгай (Ix Baavgaj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), náhookǫs bikąʼii (Navajo), Етеген (Yetegen) (Nogai), Hirçê Mezin (Northern Kurdish), Store bjørn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Caçairòla [feminine] (Occitan), خرس بزرگ (xers-e bozorg) (Persian), دب اکبر (dobb-e akbar) (Persian), Wielka Niedźwiedzica [feminine] (Polish), Ursa Maior [feminine] (Portuguese), Ursa Mare [feminine] (Romanian), Больша́я Медве́дица (Bolʹšája Medvédica) [feminine] (Russian), Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвед [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвјед [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Vȅlikī mèdved [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Vȅlikī mèdvjed [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Чедиген (Shor), Veľká medvedica [feminine] (Slovak), Veliki medved [masculine] (Slovene), Јети Каан (J̌eti Kaan) (Southern Altai), јетеген (ǰetegen) (Southern Altai), Osa Mayor [feminine] (Spanish), Stora björn [common-gender] (Swedish), Daong-daungan (Tagalog), Osa Mayor (Tagalog), Дубби Акбар (Dubbi Akbar) (Tajik), Зур Җидегән (Zur Cidegän) (Tatar), กลุ่มดาวหมีใหญ่ (glùm-daao-mǐi-yài) (Thai), Büyük Ayı (Turkish), Uly Ýedigen (Turkmen), Вели́ка Ведме́диця (Velýka Vedmédycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), دب اکبر (dub akbar) [masculine] (Urdu), Katta Ayiq (Uzbek), Đại Hùng (alt: 大熊) (Vietnamese), sigretaber (Volapük), Grand Tchår [masculine] (Walloon), Tchår Pôcet [masculine] (Walloon), yr Arth Fawr [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Suur Vanker"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Iso karhu"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "Big Dipper",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Otava"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
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          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "didi datvis tanavarsḳvlavedi",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "დიდი დათვის თანავარსკვლავედი"
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        {
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          "roman": "Megáli Árktos",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
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          ],
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          "roman": "Árktos Megálē",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "saptarṣi",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Nagy Medve"
        },
        {
          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "roman": "Dardza Qʼongaš",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Дардза Къонгаш"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "an Béar Mór"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Orsa maggiore"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おおぐまざ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Ōgumaza",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "大熊座"
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        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Ülken Aü",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Үлкен Аю"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "krɑɑpəə",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "ក្រពើ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phkaaykrɑɑpəə",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "ផ្កាយក្រពើ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Keun'gomjari",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "큰곰자리"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Hirçê Mezin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "Coŋ Jetigen",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Чоң Жетиген"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Ursa Major"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lielais Lācis"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Groot Boor"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Gólema Méčka",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Го́лема Ме́чка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Beruang Besar"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "is-Seba Kwiekeb"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "id-Debb il-Kbir"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Ix Baavgaj",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "Их Баавгай"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "náhookǫs bikąʼii"
        },
        {
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "Yetegen",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Етеген"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Store bjørn"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Caçairòla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xers-e bozorg",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "خرس بزرگ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dobb-e akbar",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "دب اکبر"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wielka Niedźwiedzica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ursa Maior"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ursa Mare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Bolʹšája Medvédica",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Больша́я Медве́дица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвед"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвјед"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Vȅlikī mèdved"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
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          "lang": "Shor",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Чедиген"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Veľká medvedica"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Veliki medved"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "J̌eti Kaan",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Јети Каан"
        },
        {
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "ǰetegen",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "јетеген"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Osa Mayor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "Stora björn"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Daong-daungan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Osa Mayor"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Dubbi Akbar",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Дубби Акбар"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "Zur Cidegän",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Зур Җидегән"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "glùm-daao-mǐi-yài",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "กลุ่มดาวหมีใหญ่"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Büyük Ayı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Uly Ýedigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Velýka Vedmédycja",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Вели́ка Ведме́диця"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "dub akbar",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "دب اکبر"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Katta Ayiq"
        },
        {
          "alt": "大熊",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "Đại Hùng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "word": "sigretaber"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Grand Tchår"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tchår Pôcet"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "yr Arth Fawr"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Ursa Major"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ursa Major"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ursae Majoris"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "ursa maior",
        "4": "",
        "5": "greater bear"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "nolinkhead": "1"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "word": "UMa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Big Dipper"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charles' Wain"
    },
    {
      "word": "Great Bear"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ursa Minor"
    }
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Navajo terms with redundant script codes",
        "Requests for review of Lithuanian translations",
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      ],
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        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
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          "constellation"
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        ],
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          "bear",
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          "asterism",
          "asterism"
        ],
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          "Big Dipper",
          "Big Dipper"
        ],
        [
          "Mizar",
          "Mizar"
        ],
        [
          "Dubhe",
          "Dubhe"
        ],
        [
          "Alkaid",
          "Alkaid"
        ]
      ],
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        "(astronomy) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Ursa Major"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ab",
      "lang": "Abkhaz",
      "roman": "Ẑʷgaraa",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Жәгараа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ad-dub al-ʔakbar",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "الدُّب الْأَكْبَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Mec Arǰ",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Մեծ Արջ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Böyük Ayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "Yetegən",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Етегән"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Vjalíkaja Mjadzvjédzica",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вялі́кая Мядзве́дзіца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Vjalíkaja Mjadzvjédzixa",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вялі́кая Мядзве́дзіха"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Goljáma méčka",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Голя́ма ме́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Dàxióngzuò",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "大熊座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Velká medvědice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Store Bjørn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grote Beer"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Suur Vanker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Iso karhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "Big Dipper",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Otava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grande Ourse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Carro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Osa Maior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "didi datvis tanavarsḳvlavedi",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "დიდი დათვის თანავარსკვლავედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Großer Bär"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Megáli Árktos",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Μεγάλη Άρκτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Árktos Megálē",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ἄρκτος Μεγάλη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सप्तर्षि तारामंडल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saptarṣi",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सप्तर्षि"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Nagy Medve"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "Dardza Qʼongaš",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Дардза Къонгаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an Béar Mór"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Orsa maggiore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おおぐまざ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Ōgumaza",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "大熊座"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Ülken Aü",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Үлкен Аю"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑɑpəə",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "ក្រពើ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phkaaykrɑɑpəə",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "ផ្កាយក្រពើ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Keun'gomjari",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "큰곰자리"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Hirçê Mezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Coŋ Jetigen",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Чоң Жетиген"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ursa Major"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lielais Lācis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Groot Boor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Gólema Méčka",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Го́лема Ме́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Beruang Besar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "is-Seba Kwiekeb"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "id-Debb il-Kbir"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Ix Baavgaj",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Их Баавгай"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "náhookǫs bikąʼii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "Yetegen",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Етеген"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Store bjørn"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Caçairòla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xers-e bozorg",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "خرس بزرگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dobb-e akbar",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "دب اکبر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wielka Niedźwiedzica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ursa Maior"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ursa Mare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Bolʹšája Medvédica",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Больша́я Медве́дица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвед"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ве̏ликӣ мѐдвјед"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vȅlikī mèdved"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vȅlikī mèdvjed"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Чедиген"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Veľká medvedica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Veliki medved"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "J̌eti Kaan",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Јети Каан"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ǰetegen",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "јетеген"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Osa Mayor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Stora björn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Daong-daungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Osa Mayor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Dubbi Akbar",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Дубби Акбар"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Zur Cidegän",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Зур Җидегән"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glùm-daao-mǐi-yài",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "กลุ่มดาวหมีใหญ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Büyük Ayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Uly Ýedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Velýka Vedmédycja",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вели́ка Ведме́диця"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dub akbar",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دب اکبر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Katta Ayiq"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大熊",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "Đại Hùng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "word": "sigretaber"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grand Tchår"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tchår Pôcet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yr Arth Fawr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ursa Major"
}

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