almukantarat

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic المقنطرات, from Arabic قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara).[1] First attested in 1859.[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /al.mu.kanˈta.rat/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arat
  • Syllabification: al‧mu‧kan‧ta‧rat

Noun

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almukantarat m inan

  1. (astronomy) almucantar (a small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “almukantarat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Samuel Orgelbrand (1859) Encyklopedyja powszechna. T. 1, (A-Aos).[1] (in Polish), page 507[2]
  3. ^ almukantarat in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

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