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Arabic in the Sky: Top 200+ Astronomical Words of Arabic Origin Posted by Hichem on Feb 22, 2012
In fact, most of the astronomical terms referring to stars today come from Arabic, while others are Greek, and some remain of origin unknown. Some of the very old star names originated with people who dwelled in شبه الجزيـــــــــرة العربيــــــــة (the Arabian Peninsula) several thousand years ago. But then, with the spread of Islam, many…