Camelopardalis

See also: camelopardalis

Translingual

Etymology

Latin camelopardalis (“giraffe”), from Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Camelopardalis f

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

Derived terms

• Camelopardalidae
• Camelopardidae

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

1. (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 ?

1. (astronomy) Camelopardalis (constellation)