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Markeb

Markeb is the alternative form of Markab.

Meaning of Markab

Proper noun

Markab

  1. A subgiant, visible as a second-magnitude bluish star in the northern constellation of Pegasus, one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus, one of the lunar stars observed in navigation.
    • [Markab (the south-westernmost star in the square) is one of the stars from which the moon's distance is calculated in the Nautical Almanac, for the purpose of finding the longitude by lunar observations.]1821, Thomas Kerigan, The Young Navigator's Guide to the Sidereal and Planetary Parts of Nautical Astronomy: Being the Theory and Practice of Finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of...
    Synonyms:
    Alpha Pegasi, Mankib
  2. A star in the constellation Puppis; Kappa (κ) Puppis.
  3. A star in the constellation Vela; Kappa (κ) Velorum.

Questions about Markeb

What is Markeb the alternative form of?
Markeb is the alternative form of Markab.

Words near Markeb in the dictionary

  1. markas
  2. Markazi
  3. markdown
  4. markdowns
  5. marke
  6. Markeb
  7. marked
  8. marked as
  9. marked down
  10. marked down as
  11. marked off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Markeb (page history and authors); Markab (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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