Mirzam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Beta Canis Majoris.

Word forms

Mirzam

Etymology

From Arabic مِرْزَم (mirzam, “herald”), likely from its heliacal rising shortly preceding that of Sirius, the brightest star of the night sky.

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