Definitions
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- proper noun The brightest
star in theconstellation Cetus .
Etymologies
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Arabic ذنب الكيتوس (dhanab al-kaytūs, "Cetus's tail"), from ذنب ("tail") + an Arabisation of Cetus.
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Examples
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It looks so bright from Earth that it has a name of its own, Deneb Kaitos, but we never call it that because "Deneb" brings to mind the other Deneb, Alpha Cygni, which is a real giant in a different part of the sky almost sixteen hundred light-years away.
Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956
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Altair in the East, Antares or Deneb Kaitos in the South, Arcturus in the West, and Polaris, Mizar, or Kochab in the North form an ideal combination which includes every quadrant of the compass.
Lectures in Navigation Ernest Gallaudet Draper 1919
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Deneb Kaitos (Dhanab gaytūs) from Gr. kētos ` whale. '
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Baten Kaitos ` Inside the Whale '(see Deneb Kaitos).
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