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2024
Alnilam
Alnilam
English
Proper noun
Alnilam
(
astronomy
)
A large blue
star
in the
constellation
of
Orion
; Epsilon (ε) Orionis. It is one of the three stars that form
Orion's Belt
.
See also
Alnitak
Mintaka
Anagrams
laminal
,
manilla
Etymology
From
Arabic
اَلنِّظَام
(
an-niẓām
)
, related to the word
نَظْم
(
naẓm
,
“
string of pearls
”
)
.
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