Vela
/ˈvilə/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of velum form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 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.
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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin vēla (“sails of a ship”), plural of vēlum. Doublet of veil.