Ursa Major
noun/ˌɜːsə ˈmeɪdʒə(r)/
/ˌɜːrsə ˈmeɪdʒər/
(also the Great Bear)
[singular] (astronomy)- a large group of stars that can be clearly seen from the northern hemisphereWord OriginLatin, from the story in Greek mythology that the nymph Callisto was turned into a bear and placed as a constellation in the heavens by Zeus.
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