Camelopardalis

See also: camelopardalis

Translingual

Etymology

Latin camelopardalis (“giraffe”), from Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Camelopardalis f

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – corresponding to Giraffa.

Derived terms

References

“Camelopardalis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

English

Etymology

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”).

Proper noun

Camelopardalis

(astronomy) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.

Translations

constellation

Catalan: Girafa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鹿豹座 (luk⁶ paau³ zo⁶)

Mandarin: 鹿豹座 (zh) (Lùbàozuò)
Estonian: Kaelkirjak
Finnish: Kirahvi (fi)
French: Girafe (fr) f
Galician: Xirafa (gl)
German: Giraffe (de) f, Kamelopard m
Greek: Καμηλοπάρδαλις (el) f (Kamilopárdalis)
Irish: an Sioráf m
Japanese: 麒麟座 (ja) (きりんざ, Kirinza), きりん座 (ja)
Korean: 기린자리 (girinjari)
Malay: Zirafah
Polish: Żyrafa (pl) f
Portuguese: Girafa (pt) f
Russian: Жира́ф (ru) m (Žiráf)
Spanish: Camelopardalis

Spanish

Proper noun

Camelopardalis ?

(astronomy) Camelopardalis (constellation)

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