Vega

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[ vee-guh, vey- ]

noun
  1. Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.

Origin of Vega

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1630–40; <Medieval Latin <Arabic (al-nasr-al-) wāqiʿ (the) falling (eagle), originally designating the three stars Alpha, Epsilon and Zeta Lyrae

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Vega2
[ vey-guh; Spanish ve-gah ]

noun
  1. Lo·pe de [law-pethe], /ˈlɔ pɛ ðɛ/, Lope Félix de Vega Carpio, 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.

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British Dictionary definitions for Vega (1 of 2)

Vega1

/ (ˈviːɡə) /


noun
  1. the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most conspicuous in the N hemisphere. It is part of an optical double star having a faint companion. Distance: 25.3 light years; spectral type: A0V

Origin of Vega

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C17: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic (al nasr) al wāqi, literally: the falling (vulture), that is, the constellation Lyra

British Dictionary definitions for Vega (2 of 2)

Vega2

/ (ˈveɪɡə, Spanish ˈbeɣa) /


noun

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Scientific definitions for Vega

Vega

[ gə, vā ]


  1. A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

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