Associations to the word «Sirius»

Wiktionary

SIRIUS, proper noun. (star) A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky. It is actually a binary star with a white dwarf companion star.

Dictionary definition

SIRIUS, noun. The brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major.

Wise words

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