carina

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/kəˈɹiːnə/
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/kəˈɹiːnə/ · /kəˈɹaɪnə/

Definition of carina

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  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.
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name

  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.
  2. A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
  3. A locality in the Rural City of Mildura, north western Victoria, Australia

noun

  1. A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
  2. Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
  3. The keel of the glume of grasses.
  4. The principal nerve of a sepal.
  5. The keel of the breastbone of birds.
  6. Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge.

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Etymology

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

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