"Vela" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin vēla (“sails of a ship”), plural of vēlum. Doublet of veil. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vēla|t=sails of a ship}} Latin vēla (“sails of a ship”), {{m|la|vēlum}} vēlum, {{doublet|en|veil}} Doublet of veil Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Vela
  1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis. Wikipedia link: Vela (constellation) Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Velorum Related terms: Argo, Argo Navis, Carina, Puppis, Pyxis Translations (constellation): Seile (Afrikaans), الشراع (Arabic), Առագաստ (Aṙagast) (Armenian), Yelkən (Azerbaijani), Елкәндәр (Yelkəndər) (Bashkir), Ветразі (Vjetrazi) (Belarusian), ভেলা মণ্ডল (bhela monḍol) (Bengali), Gouelioù (Breton), Корабни платна (Korabni platna) (Bulgarian), ဗီလာ (bila) (Burmese), 船帆座 (syun⁴ faan⁴ zo⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 船帆座 (Chuánfānzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Vele (Corsican), Plachty (Czech), Sejlet (Danish), Sùng-pùng-cô̤ (Eastern Min Chinese), Velaro (Esperanto), Purjed (Estonian), Purje (Finnish), Voiles [masculine, plural] (French), Vela (Galician), იალქნების (ialknebis) (Georgian), Segel des Schiffs [neuter] (German), Ιστία (Istía) (Greek), Sòn-fàm-chho (Hakka Chinese), מפרש (Hebrew), पाल (pāl) (Hindi), Vitorla (Hungarian), na Seolta [masculine, plural] (Irish), Vele [feminine, plural] (Italian), ほ座 (Japanese), Buras (Latvian), Burės (Lithuanian), Едро (Edro) (Macedonian), Layar (Malay), കപ്പൽപ്പായ (kappalppāya) (Malayalam), Seilet (Norwegian), Seglet (Norwegian Nynorsk), بادبان (bâdbân) (Persian), Żagiel [masculine] (Polish), Velele (Romanian), Паруса (Parusa) (Russian), Plachty (Slovak), Vela [feminine] (Spanish), Tanga (Swahili), Seglet (Swedish), வேலா (vēlā) (Tamil), กลุ่มดาวใบเรือ (Thai), Вітри́ла (Vitrýla) (Ukrainian), بادبان (Urdu), Yelkanlar (Uzbek), Thuyền Phàm (Vietnamese), Парустар (Parustar) (Yakut)

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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Едро"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Layar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kappalppāya",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "കപ്പൽപ്പായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Seilet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Seglet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâdbân",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "بادبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Żagiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Velele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Parusa",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Паруса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Plachty"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Tanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Seglet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vēlā",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "வேலா"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "กลุ่มดาวใบเรือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Vitrýla",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Вітри́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "بادبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Yelkanlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Thuyền Phàm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "Parustar",
      "sense": "constellation",
      "word": "Парустар"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Vela"
}

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