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Carina en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

Meanings

1. 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.

Deriveds

Carinae

Relateds

Puppis · Pyxis · Argo Navis · Argo · Vela

Translations (20)

et Kiil (constellation) · ca Quilla (constellation) · es Carina (constellation) · fr Carène (constellation) · ms Lunas (constellation) · cmn 船底座 (constellation) · de Schiffskiel (constellation) · gl Carena (constellation) · id Karina (constellation) · eo Kareno (constellation) · ja 竜骨座 (constellation) · ko 용골(龍骨)자리 (constellation) · pl Kil (constellation) · fi Köli (constellation) · ru Киль (constellation) · pt Quilha (constellation) · ga an Chíle (constellation) · ja りゅうこつ座 (constellation) · yue 船底座 (constellation) · ca Carena (constellation)

Carina en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

Translations (2)

pl Karina (female given name) · pt Carina (female given name)

Carina en · PROPN · etymology 3

Etymology

Unknown.

Meanings

1. A locality in the Rural City of Mildura, north western Victoria, Australia