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(vē′gə, vā′-)

noun

the brightest star in the constellation Lyra: magnitude, 0.03

Origin: ML < Ar (ar nasr) al wāqiʿ, the falling (vulture)

Vega, Lope de (born Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562-1635; Sp. dramatist & poet

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noun

The brightest star in the constellation Lyra.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin

Origin: , from Arabic (an-nasr) al-wāqi‘, the falling (eagle), Vega

Origin: : al-, the

Origin: + wāqi‘, falling

Origin: , active participle of waqa‘a, to fall; see wqע in Semitic roots

Spanish playwright whose enormous body of works, including Fuenteovejuna (c. 1619), established the national drama of Spain. Nearly 500 of his more than 2,000 plays are extant.

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