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Puppis en · PROPN

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin puppis (“stern of a ship”). Doublet of poop.

Meanings

  1. A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Relateds

Pyxis · Carina · poop deck · Argo Navis · Argo · Vela

Translations (15)

gl Popa (constellation) · fr Poupe (constellation) · eo Pobo (constellation) · nb Akterstavnen (constellation) · et Ahter (constellation) · ja とも座 (constellation) · nn Akterstemnen (constellation) · ga Deireadh na Loinge (constellation) · pl Rufa (constellation) · ms Kekota (constellation) · fi Peräkeula (constellation) · de Achterdeck des Schiffs (constellation) · ru Корма (constellation) · ja 艫座 (constellation) · es Puppis (constellation)