"Little Dipper" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Little Dipper}} Little Dipper
  1. (astronomy) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris. Wikipedia link: Little Dipper Categories (topical): Asterisms, Constellations Related terms: Polaris, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Big Dipper Translations (bright circumpolar asterism): بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ اَلصُّغْرَى (banātu naʕšin aṣ-ṣuḡrā) (Arabic), Malý vůz [masculine] (Czech), Malgranda Ursino (Esperanto), Urseto (Esperanto), Pikku-Otava (Finnish), Carriño [masculine] (Galician), Osa Menor [feminine] (Galician), Kleiner Bär [masculine] (German), Orsa minore [feminine] (Italian), Gayung Kecil (Malay), هفتاورنگ کهین (haft-owrang-e kehin) (Persian), Mały Wóz [masculine] (Polish), An Dreagbhod [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Мала кола (taxonomic: Mala kola) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Malý voz [masculine] (Slovak), Osa Menor [feminine] (Spanish), Maliit na Tabo (Tagalog)

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