Carina

carina English Etymology 1 + (constellation) Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From en la carīna the keel of a ship Proper noun en constellation A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis. Derived terms en Carinae Translations constellation Catalan: ca Quilla f, ca Carena f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 船底座 Mandarin: cmn 船底座 Esperanto: eo Kareno Estonian: et Kiil Finnish: fi Köli French: fr Carène f Galician: gl Carena German: de Schiffskiel m Indonesian: id Karina Irish: ga Cíle f an Chíle Japanese: ja 竜骨座 Ryūkotsuza, ja りゅうこつ座 Ryūkotsuza Korean: ko ^용골(龍骨)자리 Malay: ms Lunas Polish: pl Kil m Portuguese: pt Quilha Russian: ru Киль Spanish: es Carina See also en Argo en Argo Navis en Puppis en Pyxis en Vela Etymology 2 Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe. Proper noun en female Latin occasionally used in English. Translations female given name Polish: pl Karina f Portuguese: pt Carina f Etymology 3 Unknown. Proper noun en locality rural city:Pref/Mildura north western s/Victoria c/Australia Proper noun ? en Kari'na. Anagrams en aacinr Ancira Arican Carian Ciaran acinar arnica crania narica Danish Proper noun da female Karina French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Carina.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Carina.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-Carina.wav <<France>> (<<Agen>>) Proper noun f fr female Karina German Pronunciation de De-Carina.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de female Carina Latin Etymology la Pronunciation Carīna Proper noun Carīna<1.loc> m la town r/Phrygia mentioned by Pliny A mountain of Crete Declension Carīna<1.loc> References la Greece Mountains Turkey Norwegian Bokmål Karine no Alternative forms nb Carine, nb Karina, nb Karine Etymology A spelling variant of nb Karina, a newer form of nb Katrina, ultimately from nb grc Αἰκατερίνη Aikaterínē female given name. The original meaning is uncertain, though the name was early associated with grc καθαρός katharós pure. Alternatively, nb Carina may derive from the Latin name la Cara, from the feminine form la cara dear, beloved of la carus dear, beloved.“Carina – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon. Compare da Carina and sv Carina female given name. Pronunciation nb /kaˈriː.na/ nb iːna 3 nb Karina nb Ca ri na Proper noun nb proper noun nb female Ancient Greek Carina, chiefly a spelling variant of nb Karina Usage notes The popularity of nb Carina in Norway increased during the second half of the twentieth century, probably partly through Swedish influence. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 2,556 women in Norway had nb Carina as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Carina”, Nordic Names. Portuguese Alternative forms pt Karina Etymology Ultimately from pt la carus. Pronunciation + +,càrina pt Ca ri na pt Karina pt inɐ 3 Proper noun f + pt female Derived terms pt Carine Spanish es: Alternative forms es Karina given name Pronunciation Proper noun f es female es constellation en Carina constellation Swedish Etymology Latinate form of sv Karin. Can also be associated with sv la Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877. Pronunciation sv /ka²riːna/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Carina.wav sv Karina Proper noun c sv female References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 46 821 females with the given name Carina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.