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alahabor
العبور al-ʿabūr
n. ʿbr – ‘al-ʿabūr’ (lit. ‘the traverser’, sc. of the Milky Way) (star name: Sirius, α Canis Maioris; part of the name of the constellation Canis maior) (astr.) show/hide quotes-
Ptol. Almag. no. XXXVIII: Stellatio canis et est ascere alahabor aliemenia
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Ptol. Almag. no. 531, Baily 818: Que est in ore et est in ultimitate luminis et dicitur canis et est ascere aliemenia alahabor
Kuni.: الذى فى الفم وهو فى غاية الضياء ويقال له الكلب وهو الشعرى اليمانية والعبور
- 2 Ptol. Almag.
< Arabic. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.