Enif

English

Etymology

From Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) (i.e. of Pegasus).

Proper noun

Enif

1. (astronomy) A type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
   • 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 327:

     [Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]

Synonyms

• ε (epsilon) Pegasi (primary designation), ε Peg (abbreviated form), Epsilon Pegasi (Latinized form)

Holonyms

• Pegasus

References

• “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 2018 June 1, List of IAU-approved Star Names.
• “eps Peg”, in The International Variable Star Index, American Association of Variable Star Observers, 2011 June 7, UID 000-BCW-746.

Further reading

• Epsilon Pegasi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Fein, Fine, NiFe, feni, fine, ifen, neif, nief, nife

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”).

Proper noun

Enif f

1. Enif, the brightest star in the constellation of Pegasus

Anagrams

• enfi, feni, fine, nife