"Winter Triangle" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Winter Triangle}} Winter Triangle
  1. [the W- T-] (uranography) A bright asterism of the northern winter sky. Its corners are the three 1st-magnitude stars Betelgeuse (α Ori), Procyon (α CMi), and Sirius (α CMa). Wikipedia link: Winter Triangle Categories (topical): Asterisms Related terms: Summer Triangle, Winter Hexagon Translations (a bright asterism of the northern winter sky): Talvikolmio (Finnish), Triangle d’hiver [masculine] (French), Winterdreieck [neuter] (German), Triangolo Invernale [masculine] (Italian), 冬の大三角形 (alt: Fuyu no Daisankak(u)kei) (Japanese), Зимний треуго́льник (Zimnij treugólʹnik) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Winter_Triangle-en-name--QG~9HdR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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