Achernar

Achernar definition

Acher·nar (ā′kər när′)

noun

the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus: magnitude, 0.5

Etymology: Ar ʾakhīr nahr < ʾakhīr, the end, final + nahr, river: the Ar name of the constellation itself is nahr ʾurdunn, lit., river Jordan

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