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Vela

//ˈvilə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of velum form-of, plural

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin vēla (“sails of a ship”), plural of vēlum. Doublet of veil.

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