Enif

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.

    "[Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]"

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"[Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]"

Etymology

From Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) (i.e. of Pegasus).

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