Aquila Definition

ăkwə-lə
noun
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere and the Milky Way near Aquarius and Serpens Cauda.
American Heritage
A N constellation in the Milky Way, nearly centered on the celestial equator.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Aquila degli Abruzzi
  • L'Aquila
  • genus Aquila
pronoun

(astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.

Wiktionary

An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.

Wiktionary

Origin of Aquila

  • Middle English from Latin aquila eagle, the constellation Aquila

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin aquila "eagle"

    From Wiktionary

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