Sirius

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A binary star system in the constellation Canis Major
• A white main sequence star, the primary star of the star system, the only star of the pair that is visible to the naked eye. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.

Related

Similar words

• Alpha Canis Majoris A
• α Canis Majoris A
• α CMa A
• Sopdet
• en

Narrower meaning words

• Sirius A
• Alpha Canis Majoris A
• α Canis Majoris A
• α CMa A
• en
• Sirius B
• Alpha Canis Majoris B
• α Canis Majoris B
• α CMa B

Broader meaning words

• star
• Canis Major
• Winter Triangle
• en
• binary star
• star system
• binary component
• main sequence star

Origin

• From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος, usually taken from σείριος.