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dubhe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dub-he
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A multiple star in the constellation of Ursa Major and part of the Plough; Alpha (α) Ursae Majoris.

Etymology

From the Arabic phrase اَلْظَهْرُ اَلْدُبِّ اَلْأَكْبَر (al-ẓahru l-dubbi l-ʔakbar, “the back of the great bear [i.e. Ursa Major]”), from ظَهْر (ẓahr, “back”) + دُبّ (dubb, “bear”) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “great”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does dubhe mean?
A multiple star in the constellation of Ursa Major and part of the Plough; Alpha (α) Ursae Majoris.
Where does dubhe come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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