"Cetus" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cētus||a sea monster}} Latin cētus (“a sea monster”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cetus
  1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira. Wikipedia link: Cetus Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Ceti Translations (winter constellation of the northern sky): Κῆτος (Kêtos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), 鯨魚座 (Chinese Cantonese), 鲸鱼座 (king⁴ jyu⁴ zo⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 鯨魚座 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲸鱼座 (Jīngyúzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Vaal (Estonian), Valas (Finnish), Valaskala (Finnish), Baleine [feminine] (French), Balea (Galician), Walfisch [masculine] (German), Κήτος (Kítos) [neuter] (Greek), an Míol Mór [masculine] (Irish), 鯨座 (Kujiraza) (alt: くじらざ) (Japanese), くじら座 (Japanese), Кит (english: Kit) (Kazakh), 고래자리 (goraejari) (Korean), Cētus [masculine] (Latin), Ikan Paus (Malay), 𐭪𐭤𐭲 (alt: kht /⁠kaht⁠/) (Middle Persian), قیطس (qeytos) (Persian), Wieloryb [masculine] (Polish), Кит (english: Kit) (Russian), Cetus (Spanish), Dambuhala (Tagalog)

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