88 modern constellations in different languages
The following list of constellations in different languages are the informally adopted foreign common names used to represent the official 88 designated constellations of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).[1] Constellations are presented in tabular form and link directly to their corresponding non-English Wikipedia entry.
Although this list of presented languages is not complete, it gives suitable examples from available multiple language families for each constellation entry. Languages are listed in alphabetical order, with the exception of the comparative commonly used names in English and Latin.
Constellations
Table use:
Columns can be sorted alphabetically within any language by clicking on the header in the title bar.
Cells for the 13 zodiacal constellations are in yellow, constellations north of the ecliptic in green, and constellations south of the ecliptic in blue.
Entries in the table are Interwiki-Links,[2] linking to their entries in the corresponding non-English Wikipedia.[3]
See also
- Homepages with a list of links to all the common names of the official 88 constellations in the relevant language:
- English: Constellation (The 88 modern constellations)
- Latin: Constellatio (sidera 88 hodie recognita)
- Arabic: كوكبة - الكوكبات الـ88 الحديثة
- Chinese: 星座 (八十八现代星座)
- Czech: Seznam souhvězdí
- Finnish: Tähdistö (Tähdistöjen latinankieliset nimet)
- French: Constellation (Les 88 constellations)
- German: Sternbild (Liste der Sternbilder)
- Greek / Hellenic : Κατάλογος των αστερισμών (Κατάλογος των 88 αστερισμών)
- Italian: Lista delle costellazioni
- Japanese: 星座 (現代の88星座)
- Korean: 별자리 (현 대의 88개 별자리 목록)
- Persian: fa: پیکر آسمانی
- Russian: Созвездие (88 современных созвездий)
- Spanish: Anexo:Constelaciones (istado de las 88 constelaciones)
- Turkish: Takımyıldız (Günümüzde geçerli 88 takımyıldız)
- Hebrew: קבוצת כוכבים (88 קבוצות הכוכבים בנות ימינו)
- Marathi: नक्षत्र (८८ आधुनिक नक्षत्रे)
- List of constellations
- Signs of the zodiac
Notes
- ↑ "The Constellations : Constellation Figures". International Astronomical Union (IAU). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ↑ Interwiki-Links link to other wiki-based projects, such as the alternate language versions or Wikimedia.
- ↑ Definite articles are omitted unless necessary to avoid ambiguity. In each language, Latin is considered official; for non-scientific terms, the translations are preferred. Both expressions are given equal status in the table.
- ↑ Hemisphere: N = northern constellation, S = southern constellation, N/S or S/N = visible from both hemispheres, Z = zodiacal constellation