Whats another name for the big dipper?

Answer 1

Hippopotamus

Answer 2

There are plenty.

* Ursa Major * Great Bear * Plough * Butchers Cleaver * Starry Plough * Charlie and his Wagon * Charles' Wain

See link for other national names What we call the "Big Dipper" is only a part of the actual constellation.

Answer 3

The Big Dipper is an asterism - it's part of the constellation, Ursa Major, the Great Bear.

In the UK, its called among many , "The Plough", "Charles' Wain" or "wagon". In Northern England, the Big Dipper is called "The Cleaver". In Dutch, it's called, "The Saucepan", in Romania, it's called, "The Great Wagon"

Answer 4

In the British Isles this pattern is known as the Plough. It is also occasionally referred to as the Butcher's Cleaver in northern England. In Ireland the figure is sometimes called the Starry Plough and has been used as a political symbol. It was formerly called by the old name Charles' Wain ("wain" meaning "wagon," and derived from the still older Carlswæn) as it still is in Scandinavia, Karlavagnen, Karlsvogna, or Karlsvognen. A folk etymology holds that it was named after Charlemagne, but this common Germanic name originally meant the men's wagon (the churls' wagon), in contrast to the women's wagon (the Little Dipper). Similarly, in Romanian and most Slavic languages it is known as "the Great Wagon", as opposed to "the Small Wagon," the Little Dipper. In German it is called Großer Wagen (Great Cart). An older Odin's Wain may lie behind these northern concepts. In Finland the figure is known as Otava and widely used as a cultural symbol. In Finnish dialects, the word otava means a 'salmon net', but this word is largely obsolete in modern Finnish.