English Explanatory Dictionary

Fornax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
  2. A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
  3. The Roman goddess of ovens.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fornax.wav

Word forms

Fornax

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica, From the Latin for "chemical furnace".

Derived words

Fornacis

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 天爐座 /天炉座 Esperanto: Forno Estonian: Ahi Finnish: Sulatusuuni French: Fourneau Galician: Forno German: Chemischer Ofen Irish: an Fhoirnéis Malay: Relau Polish: Piec Russian: Пе́чь Spanish: Fornax Swedish: Ugnen Turkish: Ocak
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