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2024
Thuban
Thuban
English
Proper noun
Thuban
(
astronomy
)
A white
giant
star
in the
constellation
Draco
; Alpha (α) Draconis. It was the
pole star
5000 years ago.
Translations
star
Chinese:
Mandarin:
右樞
,
紫微右垣一
French:
Thuban
(fr)
German:
Thuban
Irish:
Túban
m
Anagrams
Bhutan
Etymology
From
Arabic
ثعبان
, "the
basilisk
", which is the Arabic name for the constellation
Draco
.
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