"Altair" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɔːltɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːltaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈæltaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˌɑltaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From the Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “flying”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ط ي ر}}, {{der|en|ar|اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر||the flying eagle}} Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “the flying eagle”), {{m|ar|نَسْر||eagle}} نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”), {{m|ar|طَائِر||flying}} طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “flying”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Altair
  1. (astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Wikipedia link: Altair Categories (topical): Stars Translations (star): النسر الطائر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir) (Arabic), 河鼓二 (ho⁴ gu² ji⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 河鼓二 (Hégǔ'èr) (Chinese Mandarin), Altair (Czech), Altair (Dutch), Altair (Finnish), Altaïr (French), Altair (German), Αλτάιρ (Altáir) (Greek), אלטאיר (Hebrew), श्रवण तारा (śravaṇ tārā) (Hindi), Altair (Indonesian), Altair (Italian), アルタイル (Arutairu) (Japanese), Сиыршы (Siyrşy) (Kazakh), 알타이르 (altaireu) (Korean), Altair (Latin), Altayras (Lithuanian), Altair (Norwegian), کرکس پرنده (Persian), Altair [feminine] (Polish), Altair (Portuguese), Altair (Romanian), Альтаи́р (Alʹtaír) (Russian), Leisgeag Ìosal [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), Алтаир [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Altair [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Altair (Spanish), Altair (Swedish), Altair (Turkish), Альтаїр (Alʹtajir) (Ukrainian), Sao Ngưu Lang (Vietnamese)

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