Puppis

See also: puppis

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin puppis (“stern of a ship”). Doublet of poop.

Proper noun

Puppis

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Related terms

• poop deck

Translations

constellation

• Estonian: Ahter
• Finnish: Peräkeula (fi)
• French: Poupe (fr) f
• Galician: Popa (gl)
• German: Achterdeck des Schiffs n
• Irish: Deireadh na Loinge m
• Japanese: 艫座 (ja) (ともざ, Tomoza)
• Malay: Kekota
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Akterstavnen (no)

  Nynorsk: Akterstemnen

• Polish: Rufa (pl) f
• Russian: Корма (ru) (Korma)
• Spanish: Puppis

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Carina
• Pyxis
• Vela