Ursa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ursa in British English:
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Word Origin
- Ursa
- in constellation names, Old English, from Latin ursa "she-bear" (see ursine).
Example
- 1. We could get into trouble . That 's ursa minor , the little bear .
- 2. The andromedans say the soil and many of the rocks come from ursa minor .
- 3. On the left is m97 in the constellation ursa major , also known in the northern hemisphere as the owl nebula .
- 4. The constellation ursa major means " great bear " and contains the big dipper .
- 5. A nymph , beloved of zeus and hated by hera . Hera changed her into a bear , and zeus then placed her in the sky as the constellation ursa major .