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albireo

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
al-bireo
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A binary star in the constellation Cygnus; Beta (β) Cygni.

Etymology

Probably from the phrase "ab ireo" in the title for the constellation Cygnus in the star catalog of the Almagest, as translated by Gerard of Cremona. Christian Ludwig Ideler speculated that "ireo" referred to the plant called irio. Later, people apparently considered "abireo" to refer to the star, and as a misprint of an Arabic term, and transcribed it as al-bireo.

Questions

What does albireo mean?
A binary star in the constellation Cygnus; Beta (β) Cygni.
Where does albireo come from?
Probably from the phrase "ab ireo" in the title for the constellation Cygnus in the star catalog of the Almagest, as translated by Gerard of Cremona. Christian Ludwig Ideler speculated that "ireo" referred to the plant called irio. Later, people apparently considered "abireo" to refer to the star, and as a misprint of an Arabic term, and transcribed it as al-bireo.

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