Toliman

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Applied in recent times from some pre-Islamic Arabian name al-zulman, "the Ostriches." Stars in today's Centaurus were variously identified with one or more ostriches by the pre-Islamic Arabians, but what star or stars were originally designated is unknown.

Язык-источник

арабский

Литература

Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub.

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