Deneb Definition

dĕnĕb
noun
A supergiant, variable star, the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus: magnitude, 1.25
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.

Wiktionary

Origin of Deneb

  • From Arabic ذنب الدجاجة (dhanab ad-dajājah, “hen's tail”), from ذنب (“tail”) + دجاجة (“hen”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Arabic ḏanab tail ḏnb in Semitic roots

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

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