Carina

See also: carina

English

Etymology 1

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

Proper noun

Carina

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Derived terms

• Carinae

Translations

constellation

• Catalan: Quilla (ca) f, Carena (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 船底座 (syun⁴ dai² zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 船底座 (zh) (Chuándǐzuò)

• Estonian: Kiil
• Finnish: Köli (fi)
• French: Carène (fr) f
• Galician: Carena (gl)
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• German: Schiffskiel m
• Irish: an Chíle f
• Japanese: りゅうこつ座 (ja) (Ryūkotsuza), 竜骨座 (ja) (Ryūkotsuza)
• Korean: 용골자리 (yonggoljari)
• Malay: Lunas
• Polish: Kil (pl) m
• Russian: Киль (ru) (Kilʹ)
• Spanish: Carina (es)

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Vela

Etymology 2

Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.

Proper noun

Carina

1. A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

Translations

female given name

• Portuguese: Carina (pt) f
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Anagrams

• Ancira, Carian, Ciaran, acinar, arnica, crania, narica

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Danish

Proper noun

Carina

1. a female given name, variant of Karina.

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German

Proper noun

Carina

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Carina.

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Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈriː.na/, [käˈriːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈri.na/, [käˈriːnä]

Proper noun

Carīna m sg (genitive Carīnae); first declension

1. A town in Phrygia, mentioned by Pliny
2. A mountain of Crete

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Carīna
Genitive	Carīnae
Dative	Carīnae
Accusative	Carīnam
Ablative	Carīnā
Vocative	Carīna
Locative	Carīnae

References

• Carina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Carina

1. a female given name, variant of Karina.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Karina (given name)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾina/ [kaˈɾi.na]

Proper noun

Carina f

1. a female given name
2. (astronomy) Carina (constellation)

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Swedish

Etymology

Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka²riːna/
• Homophone: Karina

Proper noun

Carina c (genitive Carinas)

1. a female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 46 821 females with the given name Carina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.