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Sirius meaning in Tamil

சிரியஸ்

UK/ˈsɪɹi.əs/

Sirius in Tamil: சிரியஸ். 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.

Tamil words for Sirius

சிரியஸ்

English meaning of Sirius

  1. 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.
  2. proper noun The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.

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What is the meaning of Sirius in Tamil?
Sirius in Tamil is சிரியஸ்.
Sirius என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Sirius: சிரியஸ்.
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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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: sirius (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: Sirius (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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