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Puppis
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puppis
English
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From en la puppis stern of a ship. en poop.
Proper noun
en constellation A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Related terms
en poop deck
Translations
constellation
Esperanto: eo Pobo
Estonian: et Ahter
Finnish: fi Peräkeula
French: fr Poupe f
Galician: gl Popa
German: de Achterdeck des Schiffs n
Irish: ga Deireadh na Loinge m
Japanese: ja 艫座 Tomoza, ja とも座 Tomoza
Malay: ms Kekota
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Akterstavnen
Nynorsk: nn Akterstemnen
Polish: pl Rufa f
Russian: ru Корма
Spanish: es Puppis
See also
en Argo
en Argo Navis
en Carina
en Pyxis
en Vela