Mizar

[ mahy-zahr ]

nounAstronomy.
  1. a double star in the middle of the constellation Ursa Major.

Origin of Mizar

1
From the Arabic word miʾzar literally, apron

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Mizar

/ (ˈmaɪzɑː) /


noun
  1. a multiple star having four components that lies in the Plough in the constellation Ursa Major and forms a visible binary with the star Alcor. Visual magnitude: 2.1; spectral type: A2V

Origin of Mizar

1
from Arabic mi'zar cloak

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