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Vega

1

[ vee-guh, vey- ]

noun

  1. Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.


Vega

2

[ vey-guh; Spanish ve-gah ]

noun

  1. Lo·pe de [law, -pe , th, e], Lope Félix de Vega Carpio, 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.

Vega

1

/ ˈːɡə /

noun

  1. the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most conspicuous in the N hemisphere. It is part of an optical double star having a faint companion. Distance: 25.3 light years; spectral type: A0V
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Vega

2

/ ˈveɪɡə; ˈbeɣa /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Vega

  1. A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Vega1

1630–40; < Medieval Latin < Arabic ( al-nasr-al- ) 羱ʿ (the) falling (eagle), originally designating the three stars Alpha, Epsilon and Zeta Lyrae
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Vega1

C17: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic ( al nasr ) al wāqi, literally: the falling (vulture), that is, the constellation Lyra
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