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Alioth

Alioth proper noun: epsilon Ursae Majoris, the brightest star in Ursa Major.

Proper noun

Alioth

  1. Epsilon Ursae Majoris, the brightest star in Ursa Major.

Alioth meaning in Hindi and Tamil

Alioth in Hindi

the star, Epsilon Ursae Majoris
अंगिरस aṅgiras, अंगिरस तारा aṅgiras tārā

Alioth in Tamil

ஒரு விண்மீன்

Origin of Alioth

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْيَة (ʔalya), a name referring to the fat tail of a sheep.

Questions about Alioth

What does Alioth mean?
Alioth means epsilon Ursae Majoris, the brightest star in Ursa Major.
What is Alioth in Hindi?
Alioth in Hindi is अंगिरस (aṅgiras), अंगिरस तारा (aṅgiras tārā). See Alioth meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Alioth?
Alioth is a proper noun.

Words near Alioth in the dictionary

  1. alintataos
  2. Aliona
  3. aliorelative
  4. aliorelativity
  5. Alioski
  6. Alioth
  7. Alioto
  8. Aliotos
  9. aliovalent
  10. Aliovski
  11. ALIP

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Alioth (page history and authors); alioth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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