Definition of Canopus

1. Noun. Supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky.

Group relationships: Carina
Generic synonyms: Supergiant

Definition of Canopus

1. n. A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

Definition of Canopus

1. Proper noun. (star) A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (?) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad. ¹

3. Proper noun. An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canopus

Cannabidaceae
Cannabis indica
Cannabis sativa
Cannaceae
Cannae
Cannaregio
Cannes
Cannizzaro
Cannizzaro's reaction
Cannon
Cannon's point
Cannon's ring
Cannon's theory
Cannon-Bard theory
Canola
Canopus
Cant.
Cantab
Cantabria
Cantabrian
Cantabrian Mountains
Cantabrians
Cantabrigian
Cantabrigians
Cantabs
Cantal
Cantelli's sign
Canterbury
Canterbury Tales
Canterbury bell

Literary usage of Canopus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"This canal of canopus comes to the walls near Pompey's pillar, having run to the weft of it : it has a ..."

2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"canopus When quacks with pills political would dope us, When politics absorbs the livelong day, I like to think about that star canopus, So far, ..."

3. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"canopus When quacks with pills political would dope us, When politics absorbs the livelong day, I like to think about that star canopus, So far, ..."

4. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"The three canopus FROM CHIUSI. things between them appear to be ala- ... 2 This canopus is described by Micali, Mon. ..."

5. History and Chronology of the Myth-making Age by James Francis Katherinus Hewitt (1901)
"C. Substitution of Orion for canopus as the leading star-god. ... up the Euphrates valley the Dravidian farmers lost sight of their parent-star canopus, ..."

6. The World Machine: The First Phase; the Cosmic Mechanism by Carl Snyder (1907)
"Sir David Gill sets the distance of canopus at a minimum of two hundred and ... canopus is, again, a solar type of star; its density and temperature is, ..."

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