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Centaurus

/sɛnˈtɔːrəs/

Centaurus proper noun: a spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.

Proper noun

Centaurus

  1. A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.

Centaurus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Malay

Centaurus in Hindi

spring constellation of the northern sky
नरतुरंग तारामंडल narturaṅg tārāmaṇḍal

Centaurus in Tamil

சென்டோரஸ், சென்றாரசு

Centaurus in Arabic

spring constellation of the northern sky
الْقُنْطُور al-qunṭūr

Centaurus in Malay

spring constellation of the northern sky
Centaurus

Origin of Centaurus

From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”). Doublet of centaur.

Words formed from Centaurus

Questions about Centaurus

What does Centaurus mean?
Centaurus means a spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.
What is Centaurus in Hindi?
Centaurus in Hindi is नरतुरंग तारामंडल (narturaṅg tārāmaṇḍal). See Centaurus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Centaurus?
Centaurus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Centaurus?
Centaurus is pronounced /sɛnˈtɔːrəs/.

Words near Centaurus in the dictionary

  1. centauromachia
  2. centauromachies
  3. centauromachy
  4. centauroside
  5. centaurs
  6. Centaurus
  7. centaury
  8. centavo
  9. centavos
  10. centbucridine
  11. centchroman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Centaurus (page history and authors); centaurus (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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