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Fornax
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fornax
English
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica,
From the en la - for "chemical furnace".
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fornax.wav US
Proper noun
en constellation A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
en astronomy A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
en Roman god The Roman goddess of ovens.
Derived terms
en Fornacis
Translations
constellation
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 天爐座 Tiānlúzuò
Esperanto: eo Forno
Estonian: et Ahi
Finnish: fi Sulatusuuni
French: fr Fourneau m
Galician: gl Forno
German: de Chemischer Ofen m
Irish: ga Foirnéis f an Fhoirnéis
Malay: ms Relau
Polish: pl Piec m
Russian: ru Пе́чь f
Spanish: es Fornax
Swedish: sv Ugnen c
Turkish: tr Ocak
en eponyms
Spanish
es:
Proper noun
es constellation en Fornax constellation