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Enif

Enif proper noun: a type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.

Proper noun

Enif

  1. A type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
    • [Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 327
    Synonyms:
    ε Pegasi, ε Peg, Epsilon Pegasi

Synonyms of Enif

Origin of Enif

From Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) (i.e. of Pegasus).

Questions about Enif

What does Enif mean?
Enif means a type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
What part of speech is Enif?
Enif is a proper noun.

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