Single.. WTF? :)

"Lielie greizie rati" or "Lielais lācis" - in Latvia

Veliki Voz - In slovenia

In India, it is addressed "Saptarishi" or "Saptarshi" which means the Seven Rishi's or seven sages (Sanskrit). Each of the seven stars represents a founding sage of Hindu history/mythology. Their names according to the Vedas are Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Gautama, Bharadvāja, Guṅgu, Agastya, and Kaśyapa

"Mała niedźwiedzica" or "Mały wóz" - Poland

Never seen it before, so we have no name for it. 8-P

In Catalan the entire constellation is called "L'òssa major". But when talking about the highlighted seven stars we call it "el carro".

In Sweden it's called "Karlavagnen" or "Stora Bjorn".

In Czech Republic, we call it "Velky vuz", aka the big cart.

In Iceland Karlsvagninn, which mean Karl's wagon...

In Greek it is called Μεγάλη Άρκτος (Big bear) In Greek mythology, Zeus lusts after a young woman named Kallisto, a nymph of Artemis. Hera, Zeus's wife, turns Kallisto into a bear because of her jealousy. Kallisto, while in bear form later encounters her son Arcas. Arcas almost shoots the bear, but to avert the tragedy, Zeus sweeps them both into the sky, forming Ursa Major

"Ursa Maior" Here in Portugal

As per ancient Indian belief, this configuration is called 'Saptha Rishi Mandalam', meaning Congregation of Seven Sacred Sages.

Großer Wagen Großer Bär In german

in the UK they call it the Plough but i like to call it the CHAIR...

in Lithuania it is also called Ladle, Dipper... Just like in many other countries :) By the way great picture, especially illiumination

Steelpannetje (little cooking pot)

JVI, at least Google them both before you make a fool of yourself. You have never seen either of them before, have you? Hint: it's not just the size.

in belgium it's called "de grote beer"

La Grande Ourse, en français (FRANCE)

La Grande Ourse, en français (FRANCE)

in french " la casserole" => THE PAN. because it look like a pan!!

In Ireland its called the plough, but its really called the bear.

In Ireland its called the plough, but its really called the bear.

in fact is's called "Wielki Wóz"

In Romanaia it is called Carul Mare

twoj stary niemiaszku... pff

Yes, he's named after that other famous German constellation, 'The Insignificant Penis.'

in Poland its "Wielka Niedzwiedzica" or "Wielki Woz"

In Finland it's called "Otava" :)

Göncöl szekér= Göncöl cart

in Croatia : veliki medvjed ( big bear ) or velika kola ( big cart )

we call that the drooping penis

difinitely nothing little about it . . . it's the Big Dipper.

in Lithuania "grįžulo ratai" it means smf like - come back weals...

Ursa major

actually i think it is the Little Dipper. The Big Dipper is a lot larger

It is actually only an asterism, and it's called The Big Dipper. It is part of the Constellation Ursa Major, "The Big Bear"

In Romanian, it's "Carul Mare" (the Big Cart) or "Ursa Mare" ( big female bear...sort of). How come almost all the names are similar? The Big Bear thing comes from Latin of course, but it appears even in Korea :o

In Estonia it is called "Suur Vanker" which translates into the Big Cart

in Poland also commonly Du¿y wóz (Big Cart)

Artz nagusia in Basque.

this 'big cart' is just a part of 'ursa maior' :)

You're giving him too much credit.

Is it a male bear or female bear?

Ursa Maior (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil)

Ursa Maior

portuguese: "Ursa Maior" - Big Female Bear

grote beer in dutch

In spanish we call it "Osa Mayor" that means Major female Bear

Swedish: Karlavagnen (Carls chariot) or Stora björn (the grand/big/large bear)

"Grosser Wagen" or "Grosser Bär" in Austria

En España se llama "Osa Mayor" Preciosa foto

In Slovakia it´s called "Veµký voz" or "Veµká medvedica" - basically the same as in most other languages.

In Russia it's a BIG MOTHER BEAR there is also a small one somewhere near always)

In Germany we give two names. Grosser Wagen (Big Car(t?)) Grosser Baer

That would be 北斗七星 (beidou qixing) in Chinese, meaning The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper.

in hungarian: "nagy göncöl"(=göncölszekér (big dipper)), or "nagy medve" (Ursa maior)

same here...the monkey's ball sack...

We call it "The Monkey's Ball Sack" around my neck of the woods.

I thougt we called it Carlsvognen, with a C... and we too call it Store Bjørn (big bear) and when we were vikings, we called it Mandevognen (man-wagon)

In Denmark it has two names. "Karlsvognen" and "Store Bjørn" Karl is a boys name and vognen meaning "the chariot" or cart. "Store bjørn" directly translates to big bear.

Otava or Iso Karhu (Iso = Big, Karhu=Bear) Very handy if you wish to find North bearing.

In Korea : 큰곰자리 (Keun gom ja li) (big bear)

In Hungary Göncöl-wagon (Göncöl-szekér).

Great Pic. In Denmark vi call it karlsvognen

In Canada it's Big Dipper in English or "grande ourse" in French which stands for big bear.

In Argentina Osa Mayor (Big Bear) - Ursa Major

in sweden it would be: Karlavagnen that's a put-together word "karla" which i dont know what it stands for right in this word, and "vagnen" which is "Cart"

de grote beer

buyuk ayi - big bear in turkish

"Großer Wagen" in Germany (big Cart)

Beautiful picture my friend

no that's just what they call you.

"great penis" in germany

Ursa major, or "the big dipper"

Finland: Otava. According to Wikipedia, this word means a some sort of fishnet.

en castellano la osa mayor

Italian: "Orsa Maggiore" or "il Grande Carro"

In Poland also ,,Wielka Nied¼wiedzica" -- "The big (great?) bear-mother".

'wielki woz' -in polish't means the big cart

The Plough

Big Dipper

Russia = "Big Bear-mother"

We call it "La Grande Ourse" in France.