Stars with Arabic Names
Alnilam
النِّظام
al-niẓām
al-niẓām was the name of all three Belt stars together. Latin copyists miswrote it as Alnilam, and it was given to the middle star.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the string of pearls
- Constellation
- Orion
- Where to see it
- the middle star of Orion's Belt
The path between languagesal-niẓām → Alnitham → Alnilam
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