Pole Star

See also: pole star and polestar

English

Proper noun

(astronomy) The star nearest to Earth's axis when extended above the North Pole: currently Polaris, formerly Thuban.

Synonyms

North Star

Hyponyms

Polaris

Translations

star

Chinese:
Mandarin: 北極星 (zh), 北极星 (zh) (Běijíxīng)
Chukchi: Унпэӈэр (Unpėṇėr)
Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka f
Esperanto: Norda Stelo
Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
French: Étoile polaire f
German: Polarstern (de) m
Greek: Πολικός Αστέρας m (Polikós Astéras)
Hawaiian: Hōkūpaʻa
Italian: stella polare f

Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, Hokkyokusei)
Korean: 북극성 (bukgeukseong) (北極星 (ko))
Navajo: náhookǫs bikǫʼ
Persian: میخگاه‎ (mixgah)
Portuguese: Estrela Polar f
Russian: Поля́рная звезда́ (ru) f (Poljárnaja zvezdá)
Southern Altai: Алтын казык (Altïn kazïk)
Swedish: polstjärna (sv) c
Uyghur: شىمالىي قۇتۇپ يۇلتۇزى‎ (shimaliy qutup yultuzi)
Yup'ik: agyarrlak

Further reading

Pole Star on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Plateros, Portales, Portelas, patroles, petrosal, portsale, prolates

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