Aquila
1 Americannoun
noun
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Aquilae
genitive
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Aquila
from Latin: eagle
Example Sentences
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It is located in the constellation Aquila near Altair, one of the well-known stars that forms the Summer Triangle.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
US officials said the ship - named Aquila II - was operating in defiance of a US "quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean".
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
On Thursday, the juvenile court of nearby Aquila suspended the couple's parental responsibility and ordered the transfer of the children to a protective home with their mother.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
One day, while shooting a Coca-Cola ad, my agent called and had me cross the street to meet with casting director Deb Aquila and the producers of “Varsity Blues” on the Paramount lot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
The Septuagint, Vulgate, Aquila, and Jerome, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀγδοής, appear also to have understood an instrument of eight strings.
From Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
"The brightest star in the image in the middle is Kappa Aquilae, magnitude 5.9 and the limit of naked-eye visibility from a very dark location," explained Mr Hopkins.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2013
The United Planets Cruiser C-57-D, soaring along on its quanto-gravitetic hyperdrive, is more than a year out from Earth Base on a special mission to the planetary system of Alpha Aquilae.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1918 Nova Aquilae became the brightest star in the night sky, but it started from below the eleventh magnitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
Latitude by a Aquilae 17 degrees 54 minutes 18 seconds. 26th August.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
The first stars which I learnt from the celestial globe were alpha Lyrae, alpha Aquilae, alpha Cygni: and to this time I involuntarily regard these stars as the birth-stars of my astronomical knowledge.
From Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy by George Biddell Airy
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