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Carina

Syllabification: (Ca·ri·na)
Pronunciation: /kəˈrīnə/

Astronomy
Definition of Carina
  • a southern constellation (the Keel) partly in the Milky Way, originally part of Argo. It contains the second brightest star in the sky, Canopus.
  • (as genitive Carinae /kəˈrīnē/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Beta Carinae

Origin:

Latin

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