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Canes Venatici
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Translingual
Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From mul la canes la venatici (literally: "dogs of hunting").
Proper noun
mul proper noun Canes Venatici
mul constellation A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pair of hunting dogs (Chara and Asterion) held on a leash by Boötes and following the bear Ursa Major.
en 2009 w:Percival Everett w:I Am Not Sidney Poitier Influx Press 215 The sky was very clear and I could see Cassiopeia and Orion and maybe Canes Venatici, but I was never too sure about that one.
Derived terms
mul Canum Venaticorum
Translations
constellation
Armenian: hy Որսկան շներ p
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 獵犬座
Dutch: nl Jachthonden m
Esperanto: eo Ĉashundoj
Estonian: et Jahipenid p
Faroese: fo Veiðihundarnir m-p
Finnish: fi Ajokoirat p
French: fr Chiens de chasse les Chiens de chasse m-p
Galician: gl Cans de Caza, gl Lebreiros
German: de Jagdhunde die Jagdhunde m-p
Hindi: hi विश्वकद्रु तारामंडल
Hungarian: hu Vadászebek
Icelandic: is Veiðihundarnir m-p
Irish: ga Madraí Fiaigh m-p na Madraí Fiaigh
Japanese: ja 猟犬座 Ryōkenza, ja りょうけん座 Ryōkenza
Korean: ko ^사냥개자리
Latin: la Canes Venatici
Malay: ms Anjing Pemburu
Polish: pl Psy Gończe m-p
Portuguese: pt Canes Venatici f
Russian: ru Го́нчие Псы p
Spanish: es Canes Venatici
See also
mul Canis Major
mul Canis Minor
mul Cor Caroli
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt constellation en Canes Venatici dim spring constellation of the northern sky