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Pronounced sit-lah-lee, this fun-to-say girl’s name meaning ‘star’ is of Aztec origin. 93. Galatea. A moon of Neptune and a feminine name of Greek origin meaning ‘one who is milk-white.’ 94.
Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ‘shooting star. 23. Danica. This girl’s name has Slavic and Latin origins; it ...
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
Baldr, god thought to be associated with light and/or day; is known by many other names, all of which have cognates in other Germanic languages, suggesting he may have been a pan-Germanic deity; Dagr, personification of day; Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star; Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess
Sidra (Arabic: سدرة) is a given name of Latin origin meaning "Goddess of the stars" or "like a star". [1] [2] The name Sidra is also an Islamic name, short for Sidrat al-Muntaha, a holy tree at the end of the seventh heaven. [3]
Star-names and Their Meanings. New York: G. E. Stechart. Paul Kunitzsch (1959). Arabische Sternnamen in Europa, von Paul Kunitzsch. O. Harrassowitz. Kunitzsch, P.; Smart T. (2006). A Dictionary of Modern Star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations. Cambridge (USA): Sky Publishing Corporation
Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for star. [1] [2] It has been in use in English-speaking countries since it was first used by Philip Sidney in Astrophel and Stella, his 1580s sonnet sequence. Use might also have increased due to Stella Maris as a title for the Virgin Mary by Catholics. [3]
"The Dragon Girl and the Abbess of Mo-Shan: Gender and Status in the Ch'an Buddhist Tradition". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 5 (1): 19– 36. Levering, Miriam L. (2013). "The Dragon Daughter". In Vanessa R. Sasson (ed.). Little Buddhas : Children and Childhoods in Buddhist Texts and Traditions. Oxford University ...