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Spica
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spica Spicą
English
Etymology
From en la spīca la virginis (“Virgo's ear of grain”).
Proper noun
en star A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.
en 1920 w:Edward Carpenter Pagan and Christian Creeds 1921 New York Harcourt, Brace and Co. The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.
Translations
star
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 角宿一 gok3 sau3 jat1
Mandarin: cmn 角宿一 Jiǎosùyī
Greek: el Στάχυς
Irish: ga Spica m
Latin: la spīca virginis
Māori: mi Whiti-kaupeka
Persian: fa اسپر espor, fa بیژوبین bi-žubin
Russian: ru Спи́ка f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Searag f
See also
Anagrams
en acips APICs CISPA ISPCA PICAs aspic pacis picas scapi
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it la spīca ear of grain.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
en Spica
Anagrams
it acips aspic caspi cispa pasci scapi
it Stars
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor la:spīca virginis + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
pl star en Spica blue-white giant star
pl Kłos Kłos Panny
Declension
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