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Meanings of ursa major in English

Portuguese
ursa major
Catalan
óssa major
Spanish
osa mayor

A constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star.

        ursa major
        Usage of ursa major in English
        1
        Consider the spiral galaxy NGC 3198, in the rather nearby Ursa Major constellation.
        The Physics of Superheroes
        2
        The same can be said of Megres, in Ursa Major, and Caph, in Cassiopeia.
        A Field Book of the Stars
        3
        There were star charts, seasonal views of Ursa Major and Orion and the Southern Cross.
        Timescape
        4
        Bootes, also called Areas, son of Jupiter and Calisto, changed to constellation of Ursa Major.
        Legends of Charlemagne
        5
        It is high in the northern sky in the circumpolar constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
        Radio NZ
        6
        The gruffness of Ursa Major should never be likened to that of the Sage of Chelsea.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
        7
        There is Ursa Major up there, nearly overhead.
        Dan Merrithew
        8
        This figure is made up of seven conspicuous stars in the constellation Ursa Major, the ''Greater Bear.''
        Curiosities of the Sky
        9
        He was called the " Ursa Major," or Great Bear.
        Pushing to the Front
        10
        Doctor Samuel Johnson, who nowise resembled Ursa Major, was the president of the College at that time.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 / Little J...
        11
        So the big yellow eye, just to the right of Epsilon Ursa Major, that was Alpha Centauri.
        Fire With Fire
        12
        Sirius, and Orion, and Ursa Major.
        The Stowaway Girl
        13
        Let us turn to the exquisite spiral in Ursa Major; how different its aspect from that of the other!
        Curiosities of the Sky
        14
        If you find me cheek-by-jowl with Ursa Major when you come back, make a pun and he will go.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 / A Maga...
        15
        Spiral nebula in Ursa Major (Ritchey).
        The New Heavens
        16
        One derives his pedigree from Aeneas, another from Brutus, a third from the star by the tail of Ursa Major.
        The Praise of Folly
        Translations for ursa major
        Spanish
        osa mayor