Camelopardalis

See also: camelopardalis

Translingual

Etymology

Latin camelopardalis (“giraffe”), from Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Camelopardalis f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – corresponding to Giraffa.

Derived terms

• Camelopardalidae
• Camelopardidae

References

• Giraffa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Giraffa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Giraffa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Camelopardalis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

English

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Camelopardalis

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Etymology

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”).

Proper noun

Camelopardalis

1. (astronomy) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.

Translations

constellation

Catalan: Girafa (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 鹿豹座 (luk6 paau3 zo6) Mandarin: 鹿豹座 (zh) (Lùbàozuò) Estonian: Kaelkirjak Finnish: Kirahvi (fi) French: Girafe (fr) f Galician: Xirafa (gl) German: Giraffe (de) f, Kamelopard m Greek: Καμηλοπάρδαλις (el) f (Kamilopárdalis) Irish: an Sioráf m Japanese: 麒麟座 (ja) (きりんざ, Kirinza), きりん座 (ja) Korean: 기린자리 (Girinjari) Malay: Zirafah Polish: Żyrafa (pl) f Portuguese: Girafa (pt) f Russian: Жира́ф (ru) m (Žiráf) Spanish: Camelopardalis

Spanish

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Camelopardalis

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Camelopardalis ?

1. (astronomy) Camelopardalis (constellation)