vela
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
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Definition of vela
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of velum
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noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of velum
name
- A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
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Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin vēla (“sails of a ship”), plural of vēlum. Doublet of veil.
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