Capella meaning

kə-pĕl'ə
A double star in Auriga, the brightest star in the constellation, approximately 46 light years from Earth.
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A giant, yellow, binary, variable star, the brightest star in the constellation Auriga: magnitude, 0.08
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A binary star in the constellation Auriga. It is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of 0.08. Scientifc name: Alpha Auriga.
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(astronomy): A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.
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Origin of capella

  • Latin diminutive of caper goat
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin capella, "she-goat" or "kid"
    From Wiktionary

Capella Sentence Examples

  • The older portion, the capella in palatio, an octagonal building surmounted by a dome, was designed on the model of San Vitale at Ravenna by Udo of Metz, was begun under Charlemagne's auspices in 796 and consecrated by Pope Leo III.

  • It is also suggested that the capella was simply the tent or canopy which the French kings erected over the altar in the field for the worship of the soldiers.

  • Its form is peculiar, and is an imitation of a similar work by Marcianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii.

  • There is only one railway in the state, which runs from Aracaju northward to Capella, with a branch running westward to Simao Dias.

  • of the capital; Capella (11,034); Simao Dias (10, 9 84); Lagarto (10,473); Sao Christovao, formerly Sergipe d'el-Rey (8793), the old capital, near the mouth of the Irapiranga, and Maroim (7851).

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