Drinking Gourd

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Drinking Gourd

Drinking Gourd

(astronomy, obsolete, especially US) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. This star formation most commonly went by the name of Drinking Gourd in the American South during the time of slavery.
Synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles' Wain (obsolete Britain), Northern Ladle (Asia), Northern Waggoner (obsolete), Plough (Britain), Wain (obsolete Britain)

单词	Drinking Gourd
释义	Drinking Gourd English Drinking Gourd Proper noun Drinking Gourd (astronomy, obsolete, especially US) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. This star formation most commonly went by the name of Drinking Gourd in the American South during the time of slavery. Synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles' Wain (obsolete Britain), Northern Ladle (Asia), Northern Waggoner (obsolete), Plough (Britain), Wain (obsolete Britain)
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