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BETELGEUSE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Astronomy

The name of the star that marks the right shoulder of the constellation Orion. It is derived from Arabic يد الجوزا (yad al-Jawza) meaning "the hand of Jawza". جوزا (Jawza) was the Arabic name for the constellation Gemini.
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