List of star names in Lepus

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This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Lepus. (Used in modern Western astronomy and uranography only).

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 Etymologies
* 2.1 α Lep
* 2.2 β Lep
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## List

star | proper name | etymon

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α Lep | Arneb | Arabic
| Arsh | Arabic
β Lep | Nihal | Arabic

## Etymologies

### α Lep

* Arneb, Elarneb:

＜ (ar) arnab, "hare" ＜ (sci.-ar)[1] al-Arnab, "the Hare", for the whole constellation.

* Arsh:

＜ (ar) ‘arsh, throne ＜ (ind.-ar)[2] ‘Arsh al-Jawzā', "the Throne of Jawzā'", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

### β Lep

* Nihal:

＜ (ar) nihāl, "quenching their thirst" ＜ (ind.-ar) al-Nihāl, "(the Camels ) Beginning to Quench Their Thirst", for α, β, γ, δ Lep.

## See also

* List of stars in Lepus
* List of star names

## Notes

1. ↑ sci.-ar ＝ scientific Arabic. See Kunitzsch & Smart (2006) p.4.
2. ↑ ind.-ar ＝ indigenous Arabic. See ibid.

## References

* Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York City , NY: Dover Publications Inc.. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
* Kunitzsch, Paul; Smart, Tim (2006). A Dictionary of Modern star Names: A Short Guide to 254 Star Names and Their Derivations (2nd rev. ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Sky Pub. ISBN 978-1-931559-44-7.

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