pole star

Etymology


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Noun

 * 1)  The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
 * 2)  A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention.
 * 1)  A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention.
 * 1)  A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention.
 * 1)  A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention.

Usage notes
Regarding, due to the precession of the equinoxes, Earth’s northern pole star—which is currently Polaris—was a different star in the past and will be a different star in the future. There is presently no southern pole star.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: poolster
 * Asturian: estrella polar
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: полярната звезда
 * Catalan: estel polar
 * Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᏗᎧᎸ ᏃᏈᏏ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: polární hvězda,
 * Dutch:, leidstar,
 * Finnish: napatähti
 * French:
 * Friulian: stele tramontane
 * Galician: estrela polar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: πόλος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ध्रुव तारा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: polo-stelo
 * Indonesian: bintang kutub
 * Italian: stella polare
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: bintang kutub
 * Malayalam: ധ്രുവനക്ഷത്രം
 * Marathi: ध्रुव तारा
 * Polish: gwiazda polarna
 * Portuguese: estrela polar
 * Punjabi: ਧਰੂ ਤਾਰਾ
 * Romanian: stea polară
 * Russian: поляри́ссима
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: polarna zvijézda
 * Spanish: estrella polar
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: துருவ நட்சத்திரம்
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: поляриссима
 * Welsh: seren y gogledd
 * West Frisian: poalstjer


 * Bulgarian: пътеводна звезда
 * Dutch: leidstar,, ,
 * Finnish: johtotähti
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Macedonian:


 * Telugu: