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Vélez is a surname of Spanish origin. Although it has been suggested [2] that it could be derived from Basque, it is, in fact, a patronym from the medieval name Vela, which itself is derived from Vigila (Wigila), a Germanic name used by the Visigoths. [3]
Vela International Marine, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco; Vela, a playable character in the video game Jet Force Gemini; Vela, a religious, cultural celebration from the city of Tehuantepec, Mexico; Vela, an alternative appellation for Mokosh, the consort of the Slavic god of thunder; Vela, a genus of land crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae
Vela is a constellation in the southern sky, which contains the Vela Supercluster. Its name is Latin for the sails of a ship, and it was originally part of a larger constellation, the ship Argo Navis , which was later divided into three parts, the others being Carina and Puppis .
Club La Vela was a nightclub owned by Patrick and Thorsten Pfeffer located in Panama City Beach, Florida. It was once billed as the largest nightclub in the United States . The club gained most of its fame and infamy in the 1990s during the weeks of spring break when thousands of college students converge on the club.
Lambda Velorum (λ Velorum, abbreviated Lambda Vel, λ Vel), officially named Suhail / ˈ s uː h eɪ l /, [11] is a star in the southern constellation of Vela.With a mean apparent visual magnitude of 2.21, [2] this is the third-brightest star in the constellation and one of the brighter stars in the sky.
Artist's Rendition of Satellite Vela 5b in Orbit Around the Earth. Project Vela was a United States Department of Defense project to monitor Soviet Union compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. [1] The treaty banned the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in outer space, and underwater, but permitted underground testing.
Surviving graffiti in Pompeii [1] advertise that next games will have awnings (Vela erunt). [2] Velarium is visible in the background in Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant Model of the Colosseum with its velarium in the Museum of Roman Civilization. A velarium ("curtain") [3] was a type of awning used in Roman times.
Puppis ("stern") is a constellation in the southern sky. It was originally part of the traditional constellation of Argo Navis (the ship of Jason and the Argonauts), which was divided into three parts, the other two being Carina (the keel and hull), and Vela (the sails).