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Alpha_Centauri

Alpha Centauri

English

Alternative forms

α-Centauri

Proper noun

Alpha Centauri

(astronomy) The brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It is actually a binary star with Proxima Centauri as a third component.

Synonyms

Rigil Kent
Toliman

Translations

brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus

Afrikaans: Alpha Centauri
Arabic: رِجْل قِنْطَوْر ‎(rijl qinṭawr)
Armenian: Կենտավրոսի Ալֆա ‎(Kentavrosi Alfa)
Bengali: আলফা সেন্টরাই ‎(alpha senṭrai)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 南門二, 南门二 ‎(naam⁴ mun⁴ ji⁶), 半人馬座阿爾法, 半人马座阿尔法 ‎(bun³ jan⁴ maa⁵ zo⁶ aa³ ji⁵ faat³)

Mandarin: 南門二 (zh), 南门二 (zh) ‎(Nánmén'èr), 半人馬座阿爾法, 半人马座阿尔法 ‎(Bànrénmǎ zuò ā'ěrfǎ)
Czech: Alfa Centauri
Danish: Alfa Centauri
Dutch: Alpha Centauri
Estonian: Alpha Centauri
Finnish: Alfa Centauri
French: Alpha Centauri f, Alpha du Centaure f
Georgian: ალფა კენტავრი ‎(alpa ḳenṭavri)
German: Alpha Centauri (de) m
Greek: Άλφα Κενταύρου ‎(Álfa Kentávrou)
Hebrew: אלפא קנטאורי
Hindi: मित्र तारा ‎(mitra tārā)
Icelandic: Alfa í Mannfáki n
Indonesian: Alpha Centauri
Italian: Alfa Centauri

Japanese: ケンタウルス座アルファ星 ‎(Kentaurusu-za Arufa-boshi), アルファケンタウリ ‎(Arufakentauri)
Korean: 센타우루스자리 알파 ‎(sentauruseujari alpa)
Latin: Alpha Centauri
Latvian: Centaura Alfa
Lithuanian: Kentauro Alfa
Norwegian: Alfa Centauri
Persian: آلفا قنطورس ‎(Âlfâ Qentowres), ظلمان ‎(Zolmân)
Polish: Alfa Centauri
Portuguese: Alfa Centauri f
Romanian: Alfa Centauri
Russian: А́льфа Цента́вра f ‎(Álʹfa Centávra)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Алфа Кентаури

Roman: Alpha Centauri
Spanish: Alfa Centauri
Swahili: Alpha Centauri
Swedish: Alfa Centauri
Thai: อัลฟาคนครึ่งม้า
Turkish: Alfa Centauri
Ukrainian:
Vietnamese: Nam Môn Nhị, Alpha Centauri

See also