# Big Dipper
## English
### Proper noun

the Big Dipper
* (astronomy, especially US) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart, and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. [from 1845] The other stars comprising it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda.
    Synonyms: (obsolete Britain) Charles' Wain, (obsolete USA) Drinking Gourd, (Asia) Northern Ladle, (obsolete) Northern Waggoner, (Britain) Plough, (obsolete Britain) Wain, Wagon, Great Wagon, Bandwagon, Saptarishi, Saucepan, triones

#### Translations

Arabic: بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ الكُبْرَى (banātu naʕšin al-kubrā)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: সপ্তর্ষি (xôptôrxi)
Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬧𐬔𐬀 (haptō$^i$riṇga)
Bengali: সপ্তর্ষি (bn) (śôptorśi)
Burmese: ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ် (my) (hku.naccanykrai)
Catalan: Carro Gran m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北斗七星 (zh) (běidǒu qīxīng), 北斗星 (zh) (běidǒuxīng)
Czech: Velký vůz (cs) m
Danish: Karlsvognen c
Egyptian: (ḫpš m), (msḫtjw m)
Esperanto: Granda Kulero, Plugilo, Ĉaro de Karlo, Granda Kulerego
Estonian: Suur Vanker (et)
Finnish: Otava (fi)
French: Grande Casserole (fr) f, Grand Chariot m
Galician: Carro, Arado m, Setestrelo m, Osa Maior (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Großer Wagen (de) m
Hindi: सप्तर्षि तारामंडल m (saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal)
Hungarian: Göncölszekér (hu)
Ingrian: Suur Otava
Irish: Camchéachta m
Italian: Gran Carro m
Japanese: 北斗七星 (ja) (ほくとしちせい, hokuto shichisei), 七つ星 (ななつぼし, Nanatsuboshi)
Kazakh: Жетіқарақшы (Jetıqaraqşy)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 북두칠성(北斗七星) (bukduchilseong), 북두성(北斗星) (bukduseong), 칠성(七星) (chilseong)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Heftbira
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: Plaustrum n, septentriō (la) m, septentriōnēs m pl
Lombard: Polsinera (lmo) f
Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦋᦱᧂᧉ (ḋaawtsaang²)
Macedonian: Го́лема Ко́ла f (Gólema Kóla)
Malay: bintang biduk, bintang gayung besar, bintang jong
Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (nadan usiha), ᠨᠠᡳᡥᡡ (naihū)
Manx: Yn Arc Mooar f, Arc ny Twoaie f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: долоон бурхан (doloon burxan), шанага долоо (šanaga doloo), долоон өвгөн (doloon övgön), дохигор долоон од (doxigor doloon od)
Navajo: náhookǫs bikąʼ
Norman: L'Êclon m
Norwegian: Karlsvognen
Okinawan: 七ち星 (ななちぶし, Nanachibushi)
Old English: carles wǣn
Persian: هفت اورنگ (fa) (haft owrang), بنات‌النعش (banât-on-na'š), ملاقه بزرگ (malâqe-ye bozorg)
Polish: Wielki Wóz (pl) m
Portuguese: Grande Carro m, Caçarola f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: Carul Mare
Russian: Большо́й Ковш m (Bolʹšój Kovš)
Sanskrit: सप्तर्षि (sa) (saptarṣi)
Scottish Gaelic: an Crann m, Còig Gadhair Osgair (the line from Alkaid to Dubhe, excluding Phecda and Merak which are known as Tulga is Talga)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велика кола f
Roman: Velika kola f
Slovak: Veľký voz m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Njebjaski wóz m
Spanish: el Carro (es) m, el Cazo m
Sumerian: 𒀯𒄑𒀳 ($^{mulg̃eš}$apin)
Sundanese: Bentang Padati
Swedish: Karlavagnen c
Tagalog: Malaking Tabo
Tamil: எழுமீன் (ta) (eḻumīṉ)
Thai: กลุ่มดาวจระเข (glùm-daao-jɔɔ-rá-kêe)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Büyük Ayı
Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu (北斗), Bắc Đẩu tinh (北斗星), Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (北斗七星)
Welsh: Sêr Llong f pl :

### See also

* Little Dipper
* septentrion
* Ursa Major
* Ursa Minor

### Further reading

* Big Dipper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia