Suhail

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Suhail is an Arabic term meaning handsome, brilliant, glorious, easy-going, beautiful. It is used to refer to bright stars.

• It is a shortened version of the traditional names of two stars in the constellation Vela:

• λ Velorum, Al Suhail al Wazn, "The Bright Star of the Weight" ('Suhail' in Celestia)
• γ Velorum, Al Suhail al Muhlif ('Regor' in Celestia)

• Suhail Hadar ("Bright Star of the Ground") is another name for Naos

• The term has also sometimes been used in reference to Canopus (α Carinae), the second brightest star in the night sky

• It is also an Arabic man's name (e.g. "Suhail al-Saeed")

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