Wagon

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.

Συνώνυμα

Wain

Big Dipper

Charles’s Wain

Dipper

Plough

Μεταφράσεις

chariot

charrette

Grande Ourse

wagon

Cinclidae

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Derived either as a synonym of Wain, i.e. Charles' Wain, or directly from the wagonlike shape of the constellation. Compare also the synonym Northern Waggoner.
See wagon and wain.