Fomalhaut Definition

fōməl-hôt
noun
The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus: magnitude, 1.17
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.

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Origin of Fomalhaut

  • Arabic fam al-ḥūt mouth of the fish, Fomalhaut fam mouth p in Semitic roots al- the ḥūt fish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Arabic فم الحوت (fam al-ḥūt, “the whale’s mouth”), from فم (“mouth”) + حوت (“whale”).

    From Wiktionary

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