"Great Bear" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Great Bear}} Great Bear
  1. (astronomy) 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. Wikipedia link: Great Bear Categories (topical): Asterisms, Constellations Synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles' Wain, the Plough, the Wain Related terms: Alkaid, Dubhe, Little Bear, Mizar, septentrion Translations (a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky): Otava (Finnish), Grande Ourse [feminine] (French), Osa Maior [feminine] (Galician), Großer Bär [feminine] (German), Beruang Besar (Malay), Wielka Niedźwiedzica [feminine] (Polish), Carul Mare [neuter] (Romanian), Больша́я Медве́дица (Bolʹšája Medvédica) [feminine] (Russian), Велики медвед (Veliki medved) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Osa Mayor [feminine] (Spanish), yr Arth Fawr [feminine] (Welsh)

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