Canopus

Etymology

From Latin Canōpus, from Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos). Possibly Arabic جَنُوب‎ (janūb, “south”) is cognate, the southeastern wall of the Kaaba pointing to the star and bearing the name جَنُوب‎ (janūb).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnoʊpəs/

Proper noun

Canopus

1. (astronomy) A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (α) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky.
2. (Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
3. An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.

References

Anagrams

• Panucos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos), Κάνωβος (Kánōbos, “Kanopos”).

Proper noun

Canōpus m (genitive Canōpī); second declension

1. The star Canopus
2. A luxury town in northern Egypt
3. (by extension, poetic) Lower Egypt

References

• Canopus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Canopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette