| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Denebola |
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| SYLLABICATION: | De·neb·o·la |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -n b -l |
| NOUN: | A star in the constellation Leo, approximately 43 light-years from Earth. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From shortening of Arabic  anab al-’asad, tail of the lion : anab, tail; see nb in Appendix II + al-, the + ’asad, lion; see   d in Appendix II.
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