Sagittarius

See also: sagittarius

Translingual

Etymology

Latin sagittarius ‎(“archer”)

Proper noun

Sagittarius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittariidae – the secretary bird, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Sagittariidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sagittarius serpentarius - sole extant species

External links

• Secretary bird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Secretary bird
• Sagittarius on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
•  Sagittarius serpentarius on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Sagittarius serpentarius

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

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English

Signs of the Zodiac

Scorpio		Capricorn
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Etymology

From Latin sagittārius ‎(“archer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sædʒɪˈtɛrɪəs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛəriəs

Proper noun

Sagittarius

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer.
2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).

Synonyms

• ♐
• Toxotes

Derived terms

• Sagittarian
• Sagittarii

Translations

constellation

• Albanian: Shigjetari m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْقَوْس m ‎(burj al-qaws), اَلْقَوْس (ar) m ‎(al-qaws)
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) ‎(Ałełnavor)
• Azeri: Oxatan
• Breton: Saezher m
• Bulgarian: Стрелец m ‎(Strélec)
• Catalan: Sagitari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人馬座 (zh), 人马座 (zh) ‎(rénmǎzuò)

• Danish: Skytten
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: Sagitario
• Estonian: Ambur
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr) m
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Greek: Τοξότης (el) m ‎(Toxótis)
• Hebrew: קַשָּׁת (he) m ‎(qashát)
• Hungarian: Nyilas (csillagkép)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir m

• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 射手座 (ja) ‎(いてざ, iteza)
• Latvian: Strēlnieks m
• Lithuanian: Šaulys (lt) m
• Macedonian: Стрелец m ‎(Strélec)
• Malay: Pemanah, Kaus, Sagitarius
• Maltese: Saġittarju
• Norwegian: Skytten (no)
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m (def. form)
• Russian: Стреле́ц m ‎(Streléc)
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovak: Strelec m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario m
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Tagalog: Mamamana, Balatik
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Welsh: y Saethydd m

astrological sign

• Albanian: Shigjetari m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْقَوْس m ‎(burj al-qaws), اَلْقَوْس (ar) m ‎(al-qaws)
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) ‎(Ałełnavor)
• Azeri: Oxatan
• Breton: Saezher m
• Bulgarian: Стрелец m ‎(Strélec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人馬座 (zh), 人马座 (zh) ‎(rénmǎzuò)

• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• Georgian: მშვილდოსანი ‎(mšvildosani)
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Hebrew: קַשָּׁת (he) m ‎(qashát)
• Hungarian: Nyilas (hu)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir m
• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 人馬宮 (ja) ‎(じんばきゅう, jinbakyū)

• Luxembourgish: Schëtz m
• Macedonian: Стрелец m ‎(Strélec)
• Malay: Pemanah, Kaus, Sagitarius
• Maltese: Saġittarju m, Qawwies
• Norwegian: Skytten (no) m

  Bokmål: Skytten (no) m

• Persian: کمانگیر (fa) ‎(kamângir)
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m
• Russian: Стреле́ц m ‎(Streléc)
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario
• Swahili: Mshale
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Tagalog: Mamamana, Balatik
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Welsh: y Saethydd m

Noun

Sagittarius ‎(plural Sagittariuses)

1. Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

Antonyms

• Gemini

Translations

Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

• Bulgarian: стрелец ‎(strelec)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• Norwegian: skytte (no) m

• Romanian: săgetător (ro) m
• Russian: стреле́ц (ru) m ‎(streléc)

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}