Almach en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- ălʹmăk
Etymology
From Arabic العَنَاقُ الأَرْض (al-ʕanāqu l-ʔarḍ, “caracal, desert lynx”).
Meanings
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A second-magnitude quadruple star, telescopically visible as an apparent double star composed of an orange bright giant and a fifth-magnitude blue-white triple star, marking the left foot of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda.
[This is Alamac in the Alfonsine Tables and 1515 Almagest; Riccioli's Alamak; Flamsteed's Alamech; now Almach, Almak, Almaack, and Almaac or Almaak; all from Al 'Anāḳ al 'Arḍ, a small predatory animal of Arabia, similar to a badger, and popularly known there as Al Barīd.]
1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 36:
- (specifically) The brightest star of the aforementioned star system.
Holonyms
Synonyms
γ And (star system) · Gamma Andromedae (star system) · γ1 Andromedae (brightest star) · γ Andromedae (star system)