Altair
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the Arabic النسر الطائر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir, “the flying eagle”), from نسر (nasr, “eagle”) + طائر (ṭāʾir, “flying”).
Proper noun [edit]
Altair
- (astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
