Grus
Meaning
A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
Translations
Kranich
Grue
Grus
Gru
Grus
Γερανός
Grua
Grus
الكركي
Kraanvogel
GrusEtymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin grūs (“a crane (bird)”), originally from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
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