pole star

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊl stɑː/
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• General-American: /ˈpoʊl ˌstɑɹ/
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Capitalized form of pole star.

From pole (“either of the two points on the Earth’s surface around which it rotates; similar points on any other rotating object”) + star, possibly a calque of Latin stēllam polārem (“the Pole Star”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: poolster — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Asturian: estrella polar — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Bengali: ধ্রুবতারা (dhrubtara) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Bulgarian: полярната звезда (poljarnata zvezda) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Catalan: estel polar — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᏗᎧᎸ ᏃᏈᏏ (tsuyvtlv dikalv noquisi) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Chinese Mandarin: 極星 /极星 (jíxīn) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Czech: polární hvězda — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Czech: polárka — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Dutch: poolster — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Dutch: leidstar — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Dutch: leidster — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Finnish: napatähti — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• French: étoile polaire — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• West-Frisian: poalstjer — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Friulian: stele tramontane — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Galician: estrela polar — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• German: Polarstern — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Ancient Greek: πόλος (pólos) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Hebrew: כּוֹכַב הַצָּפוֹן (kokháv hatsafón) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Hindi: ध्रुव तारा (dhruv tārā) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Hungarian: sarkcsillag — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Icelandic: pólstjarna — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Ido: polo-stelo — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Indonesian: bintang kutub — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Italian: stella polare — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Japanese: 極星 (kyoku sei) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Korean: 극성 (geukseong) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Malay: bintang kutub — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Malayalam: ധ്രുവനക്ഷത്രം (dhruvanakṣatraṁ) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Marathi: ध्रुव तारा (dhruv tārā) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Polish: gwiazda polarna — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Portuguese: estrela polar — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Punjabi: ਧਰੂ ਤਾਰਾ (dharū tārā) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Romanian: stea polară — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Russian: поляри́ссима (poljaríssima) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Serbo-Croatian: polarna zvijézda — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Spanish: estrella polar — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Swedish: polstjärna — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Tamil: துருவ நட்சத்திரம் (turuva naṭcattiram) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Thai: ดาวเหนือ — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Ukrainian: поляриссима (poljaryssyma) — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Welsh: seren y gogledd — star visible to the naked eye which was, is, or will be nearest a celestial pole of a planet
• Bulgarian: пътеводна звезда (pǎtevodna zvezda) — person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide — see also guiding light
• Dutch: leidstar — person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide — see also guiding light
• Dutch: leidster — person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide — see also guiding light
• Finnish: johtotähti — person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide — see also guiding light
• Hungarian: vezércsillag — person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide — see also guiding light
• Hungarian: vezérelv — person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide — see also guiding light