Sirius in Malay
Bintang Anjing
UK/ˈsɪɹi.əs/
Sirius in Malay: Bintang Anjing, Sirius. In English, Sirius means a telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
Malay words for Sirius
- Translations
- Bintang Anjing, Sirius
English meaning of Sirius
- proper noun A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
- proper noun The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
Synonyms of Sirius
- Alpha Canis Majoris
- Blazing Star
- Canicula
- Shira
- Sopdet
- Sothis
- the Dog Star
- α Canis Majoris
- α CMa
- α Canis Majoris A
Sirius in other languages
Questions about Sirius in Malay
- What is the meaning of Sirius in Malay?
- Sirius in Malay is Bintang Anjing, Sirius.
- Apakah maksud Sirius dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Sirius: Bintang Anjing, Sirius.
- What does Sirius mean in English?
- Sirius means a telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
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