English Explanatory Dictionary

Saffar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Arabic.
  2. Upsilon Andromedae b, an exoplanet approximately 44 light-years away from the Sun in the constellation of Andromeda.

Word forms

Saffar Saffars

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَّار (ṣaffār). The exoplanet is named after 11th-century astronomer Ibn as-Saffar of Muslim Spain.

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