Suhail
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Suhail is an Arabic term meaning handsome, brilliant, noble, glorious, easy-going, and peaceful. It is commonly used as a male name and also refers to a number of stars:
- It is a shortened version of the traditional names of two stars in the constellationConstellationIn modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....
VelaVela (constellation)Vela is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis, which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis.-Stars:...
: - λ VelorumLambda VelorumLambda Velorum is a star in the constellation Vela. It has the traditional name Suhail .Lambda Velorum is a supergiant or bright giant star of spectral class K5...
, Al Suhail al Wazn, "The Bright Star of the Weight" ('Suhail' in CelestiaCelestiaCelestia is a 3D astronomy program created by Chris Laurel. The program is based on the Hipparcos Catalogue and allows users to travel through an extensive universe, modeled after reality, at any speed, in any direction and at any time in history...
) - γ VelorumGamma VelorumGamma Velorum is a star system in the constellation Vela. At magnitude +1.7, it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the traditional names Suhail and Suhail al Muhlif, which confusingly also apply to Lambda Velorum...
, Al Suhail al Muhlif ('Regor' in Celestia)
- Suhail Hadar (سهيل هدار), "The Bright Star of the Ground", is another name for NaosZeta PuppisZeta Puppis is a star in the constellation of Puppis. It is also known by the traditional names Naos and Suhail Hadar in Arabic....
in PuppisPuppisPuppis is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is the Latin word for the poop deck of a ship, and Puppis represents the deck of the ship and its deckhouses...
- The term has also sometimes been used in reference to CanopusCanopusCanopus |Alpha]] Carinae) is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and Argo Navis, and the second brightest star in the night-time sky, after Sirius. Canopus's visual magnitude is −0.72, and it has an absolute magnitude of −5.53.Canopus is a supergiant of spectral...
(α Carinae), the second brightest star in the night sky
Given name
- Suhail al-AbdoolSuhail Al-abdoolSuhail al-Abdool is an Emirati TV and music video director. He owned a record label called al-Abdool and 4 TV channels called Nojoom TV. He is the ex-husband of Diana Haddad. They got married in 1995 when Haddad was still in her late teens. They have 2 children; Sophie and Mira...
, Emirati TV and music video director - Suhail AbualsameedSuhail AbualsameedSuhail Abualsameed, an immigrant to Canada from his native Jordan, is a community worker, public speaker, researcher, designer and human rights advocate....
, community worker - Sohail AhmedSohail AhmedSohail Ahmed is a Pakistani comedian, and stage and TV actor. He is most notable for comedy stage dramas based in Lahore.-Early Life:...
, Pakistani comedian - Süheyl BatumSüheyl BatumSüheyl Batum is a Turkish academic and the former rector of Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul. He is currently an active politician as the deputy of the leader of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the Republican Peoples Party of Turkey.-Biography:He was born on May 6, 1955 in Istanbul...
, Turkish academic - Sohail ButtSohail ButtSohail Butt is a former international cricketer for the United Arab Emirates. After one first-class game and one List A game for Lahore City Blues in 1985–86, Butt next appeared on cricket radar playing for his adopted country of the United Arab Emirates in two One Day Internationals in the Pepsi...
, Pakistani cricketer - Suhail A. KhanSuhail A. KhanSuhail A. Khan is the Senior Fellow for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement.[1] Khan was previously a senior political appointee with the Bush administration, and a conservative political activist in Washington, D.C....
, American activist - Sohail SenSohail SenSohail Sen is an Indian film composer, musician and singer who works in Bollywood. He debuted as a film composer with the Hindi film Sirf , which went majorlyunnoticed...
, Indian film composer - Sohail TanvirSohail TanvirSohail Tanvir is a Pakistani cricketer, who has gained repute for his unorthodox left arm bowling action and particularly for the success it has gained him in the Twenty20 format of the game.- International career :An allrounder, he is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and an unorthodox left-arm...
, Pakistani cricketer - Suheyl UmarSuheyl UmarMuhammad Suheyl Umar is a notable scholar of Philosophy and Iqbal from Pakistan. He is currently the Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan.-Education:...
, Pakistani scholar - Suhail Al ZarooniSuhail Al ZarooniSuhail Al Zarooni is a UAE businessman and collector of model cars. He has a collection of about 7,000 model cars and is a two-time Guinness World Record holder for the year 2002 and 2003 for his collection of model cars....
, Emirati businessman