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Mizar

(mī′zär′)

noun

a multiple star, the brighter companion in an optical double star at the middle of the Big Dipper's handle: magnitude, 2.3

Origin: Ar mīzār, lit., waist-cloth, apron

See Mizar in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The double star in the middle of the handle of the Big Dipper.

Origin:

Origin: Arabic mi’zar, cloak, Mizar

Origin: , from ’azara, to surround; see אzr in Semitic roots

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