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Ara

Syllabification: (A·ra)

Astronomy
Definition of Ara
  • a small and faint southern constellation, the Altar, in the Milky Way near Scorpius.
  • (as genitive Arae /ˈārē, ˈe(ə)rē/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate stars:the star Delta Arae

Origin:

Latin

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