Vega

¹ American  

[vee-guh, vay-] / ˈvi gə, ˈveɪ- /

noun

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

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Vega ² American  

[vay-guh, ve-gah] / ˈveɪ gə, ˈvɛ gɑ /

noun

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

2. Garcilaso de la Vega.

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Vega ¹ British  

/ ˈviːɡə /

noun

1. 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

1. See Lope de Vega

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Vega Scientific  

/ vē′gə,vā′gə /

1. 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.

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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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Vega

Former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega was the first person to put his name forward in October.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

With an appealing cast under the direction of Matthew Dunster and Gabriel Vega Weissman, it moves with few longueurs through the long evening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Scientists have been studying Vega Island's glaciers for decades, and satellite observations have played an important role in documenting their condition.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Long before satellites began monitoring its ice, Vega Island played an unexpected role in one of Antarctica's dramatic early exploration stories.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

“They following us,” Vega said to me, dipping his head behind mine.

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

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