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northern ladle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
north-ern la-dle
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Inflected Forms

the Northern Ladle (canonical)

Synonyms

Big Dipper Charles' Wain Drinking Gourd Northern Waggoner Plough Wain

Questions

What does northern ladle mean?
A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

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