Mirach

Meaning

Proper Noun

A red giant, visible as a second-magnitude orange-red star marking the waist or girdle of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda.

Related

Similar words

Andromedae , β And , Beta Andromedae

Origin

Perhaps a corruption of Arabic مِيزَر ("waistband, girdle").

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