Corona Borealis
noun
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Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
Historians now believe Hipparchus wrote the page-long text, which plots the coordinates of the stars that make up the Corona Borealis constellation.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
As this video progresses, the vantage point sweeps through 20 degrees towards the constellations Bootes and Corona Borealis.
—Ramin Skibba, Wired, 13 Jan. 2022
In them, there’s a Corona Borealis constellation.
—New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
The Mi’kmaq First Nations used to call Ursa Major the Bear, and thought that the Corona Borealis looked like the Bear’s cave.
—Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
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Word History
borrowed from New Latin Corōna Boreālis (genitive Corōnae Boreālis), literally, "northern crown"
1615, in the meaning defined above
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