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- ...heaven,’ perhaps originally referring to the background gleam of the night-sky in general or to the brightest clouds of the Milky Way in Sagittarius. ...''Burrum'' AN.NA = "Sparkling sky"(?), lit. "The variegated (multicolored) sky"; part of the constellation [[PA.BIL.SAG]]<sup>(?)</sup>.2 KB (295 words) - 12:57, 1 September 2025
- ...the country of Norway, it follows the name theme Terms associated with the sky and celestial bodies in the Northern Sami language of Norway. Albmi means sky in the Northern Sami language of Norway.622 bytes (95 words) - 13:55, 17 May 2025
- ‘Maru’ (마루) is a Korean word reminiscent of the sky. * NEWC Republic of Korea: Korean words reminiscent of the sky, sea, and environment.735 bytes (102 words) - 09:33, 19 May 2025
- The Hyades are a significant pattern of stars in the sky that has been recognized as an asterism or constellation by almost all cult .... The modern name, Aldebaran, is Arabic and alludes to its position in the sky. The Pleiades rise first, followed by Aldebaran and the Hyades. Ad-Dabaran2 KB (310 words) - 07:01, 5 September 2025
- ...se seems to be mul an a diri(g), 'The star which floats like a raft in the sky.' ...l.an.a.diri; lit. "The Dominant Star in the Sky, "The Drifting Star in the Sky" — an epithet of Venus [Gössmann<ref name=":0">''Gössmann P.F''. Planet2 KB (315 words) - 08:12, 29 September 2025
- Yugma (युग्म), "double", also refers to other doublets of stars in the sky. For instance, the pair β and γ Draconis.409 bytes (44 words) - 10:22, 10 August 2025
- ...Birray as the entire constellation of Orion ("First Knowledges Astronomy: Sky Country" By Karlie Noon, Krystal De Napoli). Parker & Lane (1905) had "Bera ...haiami and Turramulan granted their request, and they were lifted into the sky. One is not as beautiful as the rest, and hides behind (most people only se3 KB (465 words) - 07:20, 1 October 2025
- ...name is thought to refer to this star's following the Pleiades across the sky, or to the Hyades (or α Tau) coming after the Pleiades as a lunar mansion. ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.1 KB (181 words) - 08:34, 18 June 2025
- ...nclosing the Pasture, and all the dim stellar sheep in that portion of the sky (al-ghanam or al-aghnam for the sheep), seem to form a complete group of in ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.1 KB (175 words) - 13:00, 18 June 2025
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- ...za'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (perhaps meaning the celestial equator). The reference was intended to appl ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.1 KB (209 words) - 00:06, 19 June 2025
- ...ration", used by Ptolemy in the Tetrabiblos in describing several nebulous sky objects (in the present case, probably the open cluster M7). Ptolemy's term ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.1 KB (222 words) - 20:09, 18 June 2025
- ...e December when the weather is hot and these stars are high in the evening sky, signalling the start of the monsoon.2 KB (235 words) - 00:14, 19 June 2025
- ...tar Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.</ref> ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.1 KB (213 words) - 19:52, 30 September 2025
- ...tar Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.</ref> ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.1 KB (218 words) - 19:51, 30 September 2025
- |Dekker, Elly, "Early Explorations of the Southern Celestial Sky", ''Annals of Science'', '''44''' (1987), 439-470 [[:File:dekker1987.pdf|(p |Dekker, Elly, "On the Dispersal of Knowledge of the Southern Celestial Sky", ''Der Globusfreund: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Globen- und Instru2 KB (258 words) - 07:19, 9 September 2024
- ...sup>mul</sup>NUN<sup>ki</sup>]] in which "mul" designates an object in the sky and "ki" indicates placenames. It is also called "Asterism of Eridu", the a ...rnus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Piscis Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratis designated as the Water; perhaps another proof of the Euphratea3 KB (490 words) - 09:59, 19 May 2025
- ...and the meeting places which make Corona Borealis outstanding in the night sky are also presented in the cultural landscape down below. The practical way2 KB (295 words) - 07:46, 1 October 2025
- Lalande chose this previously anonymous area of sky because it was here that the [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Umxbb68tm ...med the figure the Vineyard Keeper on his chart of the northern hemisphere sky published in 1807 in A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mec2 KB (311 words) - 10:08, 8 June 2025
- ..."crossed over" the Milky Way (where the two stars now lie in the southern sky). Meanwhile suhail's second sister, al-ghumaisa, was left alone north of th ...Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.2 KB (307 words) - 19:27, 18 June 2025




