Schiaparelli
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Italian. countable
- 2 Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer, who discovered canali, mistranslated as "canals", on Mars. countable, uncountable
- 3 A crater in Sinus Sabaeus, Mars, named for Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli countable, uncountable
- 4 A crater in Seleucus, Oceanus Procellarum, Moon, named for Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli countable, uncountable
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More examples"The European Space Agency's probe, Schiaparelli, has crashed on Mars."
Etymology
From Italian Schiaparelli.