Proper noun
Canis Major
- (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It includes the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius (sometimes called the Dog Star).
Translations
winter constellation of the northern sky
- Arabic: الْكَلْب الْأَكْبَر (al-kalb al-ʔakbar)
- Catalan: Ca Major (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大犬座 (zh) (Dàquǎnzuò)
- Estonian: Suur Peni
- Faroese: Stóri hundur m
- Finnish: Iso koira
- French: Grand Chien (fr) m
- Galician: Can Maior (gl)
- German: Großer Hund (de) m
- Greek: Μέγας Κύων (el) m (Mégas Kýon)
- Hindi: महाश्वान तारामंडल (mahāśvān tārāmaṇḍal)
- Irish: an Madra Mór m
- Italian: Cane maggiore m
- Japanese: 大犬座 (ja) (おおいぬざ, Ōinuza), おおいぬ座 (ja)
- Kazakh: Үлкен Арлан (Ülken Arlan)
- Korean: 큰개자리 (Keun'gaejari)
- Latin: Canis Maior f
- Low German:
- German Low German: Groot Hund m
- Malay: Anjing Besar
- Maltese: Kelb is-Sema m
- Maori: Kāhui Takurua, Pūtahi-nui-o-Rehua
- Polish: Wielki Pies (pl) m
- Portuguese: Cão Maior (pt) m
- Romanian: Câinele Mare m
- Russian: Большо́й Пёс m (Bolʹšój Pjos), созве́здие Большо́го Пса n (sozvézdije Bolʹšóvo Psa)
- Spanish: Canis Major
- Tagalog: Malaking Aso
- Turkish: Büyük Köpek
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