Triangulum Australe

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin triangulum (“triangl”) + australe (“southern”).

Proper noun

Triangulum Australe

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, which has three bright stars that form a triangle. It lies north of the constellation Apus, between Ara and Circinus.

Derived terms

• Trianguli Australis

Related terms

• Triangulum

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: الْمُثَلَّث الْجَنُوبِيّ m (al-muṯallaṯ al-janūbiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南三角座 (zh) (Nánsānjiǎozuò)

• Finnish: Etelän kolmio (fi)
• French: Triangle austral (fr) m
• Galician: Triángulo Austral (gl)
• German: Südliches Dreieck n
• Greek: Νότιον Τρίγωνον n (Nótion Trígonon)
• Irish: Triantán an Deiscirt m
• Italian: Triangolo Australe m
• Kazakh: Оңтүстік Үшбұрыш (Oñtüstık Üşbūryş)
• Malay: Segi Tiga Selatan
• Polish: Trójkąt Południowy (pl) m
• Russian: Южный Треугольник (Južnyj Treugolʹnik)
• Spanish: Triangulum Australe