| Arktos | Greek | Ursa Major , Ursa Major + Ursa Minor , north |
| 〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’ | Greek | Ursa Major |
| 〈Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος〉 Mikra Arktos ‘Ursa Minor’ | Greek | Ursa Minor |
| 〈Ἄμαξα〉 Amaxa ‘Ursa Major’ | Greek | Ursa Major |
| 〈ereqqu〉 mul.MAR.GID₂.DA ‘Wagon-star’ | Akkadian | Wagon-star |
| 〈iltānu〉 SI ‘north’ | Akkadian | north , north wind |
| 〈ḫpš〉 ‘Ursa Major’ | Egyptian | Ursa Major |
| 〈msḫ.ṱ〉 ‘Ursa Major’ | Egyptian | Ursa Major |
| 〈ϣⲱⲡϣ〉 šôpš ‘Ursa Major’ | Egyptian | Ursa Major |
| 〈עַיִשׁ〉 ʿayiš ‘Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo?’ | Hebrew | Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo? |
| 〈שְׂמֹאל〉 śəmōʾl ‘north’ | Hebrew | north |
| 〈septentriones〉 ‘Ursa Major’ | Latin | Ursa Major |
| 〈arctos〉 ‘the Bear’ | Latin | the Bear |
| 〈aquilo〉 ‘north wind’ | Latin | north wind , north , north-north-east wind |
| 〈septemtrio〉 ‘north’ | Latin | north , north-wind |