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Altair is Greek for star and Arabic for flying eagle.
I'm not Greek but doesn't star mean something like aster in Greek?
Altair is the major star in the constellation Aquilla which is the eagle. It's part of the "Summer Triangle" (summer constellations in the northern hemisphere) which is the constellations Aquilla, Lyra (harp), and Cygnus (swan).
The name can also be spelt "Altaïr" or "Atair", which is Arabic for "the bird", from the phrase الطير.
Many other meanings include "bird of prey" or a kind of bird and also "son of none".
Altair does NOT mean "son of none." Whoever said this is most likely basing it off the character Altair ibn La-Ahad from the video game, Assassin's Creed. The latter part of the character's name means "son of none." Altair means either "the bird," "the flying one," or a variation of the two.
This also means "the eagle". It's in the constellation Aquarius.

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