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.

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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