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- Latin · borrowed fromUrsa minor
- Latin · borrowed fromUrsa minor
- English todayUrsa Minor
Borrowed from Latin Ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ursa Minor
Today it 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. Full definition →
Latin Ursa minor