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Canopus

American  
[kuh-noh-puhs] / kəˈnoʊ pəs /

noun

  1. Astronomy. a first-magnitude star in the constellation Carina: the second brightest star in the heavens.

  2. an ancient seacoast city in Lower Egypt, 15 miles (24 km) E of Alexandria.

Canopus 1 British  
/ kəˈnəʊpəs /

noun

  1. the brightest star in the constellation Carina and the second brightest star in the sky. Visual magnitude: -0.7; spectral type: F0II; distance: 313 light years

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Canopus 2 British  
/ kəˈnəʊpəs /

noun

  1. a port in ancient Egypt east of Alexandria where granite monuments have been found inscribed with the name of Rameses II and written in languages similar to those of the Rosetta stone

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