An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Keel. A major → constellation in the southern sky, home to → Canopus (α Carinae), the second brightest star after → Sirius. Approximate position: RA 9h, Dec. -60° The constellation resulted from the division of a very large constellation representing → Argo Navis, the mythological Jason’s ship. The partition into the
constellations → Carina, → Puppis, → Vela, and → Pyxis appeared first on a sky map by Nicholas Louis de Lacaille (1763). Carina represents the bottom of the Ship Argo. Abbreviation:
Car; genitive form: Carinae.

Etymology (EN): L. carina “the keel of a ship, i.e. the principal structural member of a ship, running lengthwise along the center line from bow to stern, to which the frames are attached.”

Etymology (PE): Afzal “keel” in the jargon of the Caspian sea fishermen
of Gilan province. Šâh-taxté “main plank.”