mirach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

name

A red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star marking the waist or girdle of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda.

/ˈmaɪræk/ mīʹrăk mēʹrăk

mirach mirachs myrach

From Medieval Latin mirac, mirach, from Arabic مَرَقّ (maraqq, “delicate and sensible part of the venter”), from رَقَّ (raqqa, “to be soft”).

β Andromedae β And Beta Andromedae

مِسْرَاق

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