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Vega

¹ American

[vee-guh, vay-] / ˈvi gə, ˈveɪ- /

noun

Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.

Vega ² American

[vay-guh, ve-gah] / ˈveɪ gə, ˈvɛ gɑ /

noun

Lope de Lope Félix de Vega Carpio, 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
Garcilaso de la Vega.

Vega ¹ British

/ ˈviːɡə /

noun

the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most conspicuous in the N hemisphere. It is part of an optical double star having a faint companion. Distance: 25.3 light years; spectral type: A0V

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Vega ² British

/ ˈveɪɡə, ˈbeɣa /

noun

See Lope de Vega

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Vega Scientific

/ vē′gə,vā′gə /

A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

Etymology

Origin of Vega

1630–40; < Medieval Latin < Arabic ( al-nasr-al- ) wāqiʿ (the) falling (eagle), originally designating the three stars Alpha, Epsilon and Zeta Lyrae

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A former Switzerland centre-back, Vega also played for Celtic and Watford and has worked in finance since retiring from football in 2004.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Vega, one of the brightest stars visible in the night sky, displays the same type of pattern.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Tanya Simon, the executive producer who oversaw the program’s recent success, was removed alongside correspondents Alfonsi and Vega, as well as senior editors and producers.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

CBS News executives are trying to fill several correspondent roles after veterans Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega and executive producer Tanya Simon were fired by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

It was probably why Vega and me had become best friends.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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