Albireo

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A binary star in the constellation Cygnus; Beta (β) Cygni.

Origin

• From Arabic, via misunderstandings and mistranslations. The name of the star was originally مِنْقَارُ الدَّجَاجَة. Latin scholars misunderstood the name to come from a kind of herb, and translated it into ab ireo ("from ireus"). Later, people considered it as a misprint of an Arabic term, and transcribed it as al-bireo.