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Meaning of Sirius | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɪɹi.əs

Definitions

  1. A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. 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.
  2. The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
    specifically

Equivalents

العربية الشعرى الشعرى اليمانية كوكب الشّعرى
Bosanski sirio
Català Sírius
Cymraeg Seren y Ci Siriws
Dansk Hundestjernen
Deutsch Hundsstern Sirius
Ελληνικά Σείριος
Español sirio
فارسی تیر تیشتر شباهنگ
Suomi Sirius
Français Sirius
हिन्दी व्याध तारा
Hrvatski sirio
Italiano Sirio
日本語 シリウス 天狼星
Қазақша Сүмбіле
ខ្មែរ ផ្កាយព្រឹក
한국어 늑대별 시리우스 천랑성 큰개자리
Latina canīcula Sirius
Nederlands Sirius
Polski Syriusz
Português sírio
Русский Сириус
Српски sirio
Svenska Hundstjärnan
Kiswahili shira
Türkçe akyıldız

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

sirji Sirk sirkar Sirkeci sirkeer sirky

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