Cygnus
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Cygnus is the Latin word for swan, romanized form of the Ancient Greek κύκνος (kyknos) "swan", it may refer to:
- Cygnus (constellation), a northern constellation and one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations
- Cygnus X-1, a binary star located within the constellation
- The Cygnus X-1 duology is a pair of epic songs by the classic rock band Rush, the songs being about a trip to Cygnus X-1
- Cycnus, a character in Greek Mythology after whom the constellation was named
- Cygnus (genus), the genus of most swans
- Cygnus Solutions, a company that provided commercial support for free software and the original developer of Cygwin
- Cygnus spacecraft, a space vehicle under development by Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus, a song from the The Mars Volta album Frances the Mute
- U.S.S. Cygnus, Dr. Reinhardt's ship in the 1979 Walt Disney movie The Black Hole
- Cygnus Business Media, a U.S.-based business to business publishing company.
- Cygnus (programming language), a general purpose interpreted programming language.
- Cygnus, the drummer for Deadstar Assembly
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