Pole Star

See also: polestar, pole-star, and pole star

English

Etymology

Capitalized form of pole star.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊl stɑː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊl ˌstɑɹ/

Proper noun

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

Hyponyms

Polaris

Translations

star nearest to Earth’s axis when extended above the North Pole

Chinese:
Mandarin: 北極星／北极星 (zh) (Běijíxīng), 北辰 (zh) (běichén) (poetic)
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
Hungarian: Sarkcsillag (hu)
Italian: stella polare f
Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, Hokkyokusei)
Khmer: ផ្កាយមេរុ (phkaaymeiruʼ)
Korean: 북극성(北極星) (bukgeukseong)
Lao: ດາວເໜືອ (dāo nư̄a)
Navajo: náhookǫs bikǫʼ
Persian: میخگاه‎ (mixgâh)
Polish: Gwiazda Polarna f, Gwiazda Biegunowa
Portuguese: Estrela Polar f
Russian: Поля́рная звезда́ (ru) f (Poljárnaja zvezdá)
Sanskrit: ध्रुव नक्षत्र m (dhruva nakṣatra)
Southern Altai: Алтын казык (Altïn kazïk)
Swedish: polstjärna (sv) c
Thai: ดาวเหนือ (th)
Turkish: Kutup Yıldızı (tr)
Uyghur: شىمالىي قۇتۇپ يۇلتۇزى‎ (shimaliy qutup yultuzi)
Yup'ik: agyarrlak

Further reading

Polaris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

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