Rigel
See also: riġel
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
A corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one”).
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Proper noun edit
Rigel
- (astronomy) A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.
Translations edit
star
Etymology 2 edit
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reigel or Riegel.
Proper noun edit
Rigel (plural Rigels)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rigel is the 36630th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Rigel is most common among White (91.48%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rigel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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Etymology edit
From English Rigel, a corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار (ar-rijl al-jabbār, “the foot of the great one”).
Proper noun edit
Rigel
- a male given name
- (astronomy) Rigel; a blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rigel.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار (ar-rijl al-jabbār, “the foot of the great one”).
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Rigel f
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Rigel m animal
Declension edit
Declension of Rigel