Camelopardalis
Meaning
A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
Synonyms
Translations
Giraffe
Girafe
Καμηλοπάρδαλις
Giraffa
Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis
Girafa
Giraffe
Camelopardalis
الزرافة
zürafaEtymology
First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin camēlopardalis (“a camelopard, giraffe”).
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