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proper noun 
  1. (star) A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky. It is actually a binary star with a white dwarf companion star.
Translations: 
  • French: Sirius
  • German: Sirius
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: Sirio
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From the fact that the star lies in the constellation of Canis Major (the "larger dog")


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