Home
Word of the Week
Links
for
Word Lovers
Crossword Solver
AllWords Forums
Help
Bookstore
Advertise
Copyrights
Privacy
AllWords Search Box
Contact Us
English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
Your Query of 'Alkaid' Resulted in 1 Matches
Displaying Items 1 through 1
Definitions
Alkaid
proper noun
(
star
) A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the east-most star of the Plough
Etymology:
From (
ARchar, ÙÙ ÙÙ ÙÙ
) (
al-qÄ"id al-banÄt an-na"sh
) "the leader of the girls at the bier", from (
ARchar, Ù
) "leader" + (
ARchar, Ù
) plural of (
ARchar, Ù
) "girl" + (
ARchar, Ù
) "bier". With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear).
Find:
Words Starting With:
Words Ending With:
Words Containing:
Words That Match:
Translate Into:
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Enter your search terms
Submit search form
Web
www.allwords.com
Browse the Dictionary
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2008
Allsites LLC.
All rights reserved.