Talk:List of stars in Cygnus

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[edit] Etymologies

Etymologies listed here don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL ^talk 01:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

• (50/α Cyg) 1.25 Deneb [Deneb el Adige] or Deneb Cygni or Arided [Aridif, Arrioph] or Gallina

  Deneb, Deneb el Adige < ذنب الدجاجة ðanab ad-dajāja[h] Tail of the hen

  Gallina < gallīna hen

• (6/β Cyg) – double 3.05, 5.12 Albireo or Al Minhar al Dajajah

  Albireo < ab ireo is a mistranslation of Al Minhar al Dajajah. See the article for the history.

  Al Minhar al Dajajah < منقار الدجاجة minqār ad-dajāja[h] Beak (lit. peak) of the hen

• (37/γ Cyg) 2.23 Sadr [Sador, Sadir]

  < الصدر الدجاجة aş-şadr ad-dajājah The breast of the hen

• (18/δ Cyg 2.86 Ruc [Rukh] or Urakhga or Al Fawaris

  < رخ rukh the Roc (Persian)

  < Akkadian name for the Roc (Some ancient Akkadians, Persians and Arabians saw Cygnus as the Roc)

  < الفوارس al-fawaris the Riders (Arabic asterism in Cygnus that included δ Cyg)

• (53/ε Cyg) 2.48 Gienah [Gienah Cygni]

  < جناح janāħ wing

• (80/π¹ Cyg) 4.69 Azelfafage

  < ? Tortoise

• (81/π² Cyg) 4.23 Pennae Caudalis or Sama al Azrak

  < Latin for "Tail Feathers" (of the Swan)

  < السماء الازرق as-sama al-azraq The Blue Sky

• (45/ω¹ Cyg) 4.94 (or Ruchba, see ω² Cyg)

• (46/ω² Cyg) 5.44 Ruchba [Rukbat al Dajajah, Al Rukbah al Dajajah]

  < ركبة الدجاجة rukbat[u] ad-dajāja[h] Knee of the hen