Carina
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
(2) A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus
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Etymology 1
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From
Proper noun
- A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Etymology 2
Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.
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- occasionally used in English.
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- , cognate to the English Carina.
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