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Puppis

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English

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Puppis

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Puppis

(astronomy) 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.

Related terms

poop deck

Translations

constellation

Estonian: Ahter
Finnish: Peräkeula (fi)
French: Poupe (fr) f
Galician: Popa (gl)
German: Achterdeck des Schiffs n
Irish: Deireadh na Loinge m
Japanese: 艫座 (ja) (ともざ, Tomoza)
Malay: Kekota
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Akterstavnen (no)

Nynorsk: Akterstemnen
Polish: Rufa (pl) f
Russian: Корма (ru) (Korma)
Spanish: Puppis

See also

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