Little Dipper

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Little Dipper

proper noun the Little Dipper

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.

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name bright circumpolar asterism

Español	Osa Menor
Deutsch	Kleiner Bär
Italiano	Orsa minore
العربية	بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ اَلصُّغْرَى banātu naʕšin aṣ-ṣuḡrā

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@misc{little_dipper_2026,
  title = {Little Dipper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/little%20dipper},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}