AURIGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Auriga mean? 

• AURIGA (noun)
  The noun AURIGA has 1 sense:

1. a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way

  Familiarity information: AURIGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AURIGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Auriga; Charioteer

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Meronyms (members of "Auriga"):

Capella (the brightest star in Auriga)

Epsilon Aurigae (the largest known star)

 Context examples 

The Spider, located about 10,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga, is clearly a site of star formation.

(A Space Spider Watches Over Young Stars, NASA)

First spotted in 2008, WASP-12b circles a Sun-like star residing 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Auriga.

(Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet, NASA)