Carina

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

Carina

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

• Carinae

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Vela

Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.

Carina

1. A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

• Ancira, Arican, Carian, Ciaran, acinar, arnica, crania, narica

Carina

1. a female given name, variant of Karina

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Carina f

1. a female given name, variant of Karina

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Carina

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Carina

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈriː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈriː.na]

Carīna m sg (genitive Carīnae); first declension

1. a town in Phrygia, mentioned by Pliny
2. A mountain of Crete

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Carina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Carina

1. a female given name, variant of Karina

Carina f

1. a female given name

• Karina (given name)

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾina/ [kaˈɾi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Ca‧ri‧na

Carina f

1. a female given name
2. (astronomy) Carina (constellation)

Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.

• IPA^(key): /ka²riːna/

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• Homophone: Karina

Carina c (genitive Carinas)

1. a female given name

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 46 821 females with the given name Carina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.