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Octans
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octans
English
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From en la octans an octant. en octant.
Proper noun
en constellation A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.
Derived terms
en Octantis
Translations
a circumpolar constellation
Arabic: ar الثُّمْن, ar الثُّمُن
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 南極座 Nánjízuò
Dutch: nl Octant m
Esperanto: eo Oktanto
Finnish: fi Oktantti
French: fr Octant
Galician: gl Octante
German: de Oktant m
Irish: ga Ochtamhán m an tOchtamhán
Italian: it Ottante f
Kazakh: kk Октант
Malay: ms Sesiku
Polish: pl Oktant m
Russian: ru Октант
Spanish: es Octans
Anagrams
en acnost Caston cast-on Stanco cast on Cantos acts on actons NatSoc cantos Actons
German
Pronunciation
de De-Octans.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
de noun form
de Octan gen s