Carina

See also: carina

English

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Carina (constellation)

Wikipedia

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

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Carinae

Translations

constellation

Catalan: Quilla (ca) f, Carena (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 船底座 (syun4 dai2 zo6) Mandarin: 船底座 (zh) (Chuándǐzuò) Estonian: Kiil Finnish: Köli (fi) French: Carène (fr) f Galician: Carena (gl) German: Schiffskiel (de) m Irish: an Chíle f Japanese: りゅうこつ座 (ja) (Ryūkotsuza), 竜骨座 (ja) (Ryūkotsuza) Korean: 용골(龍骨)자리 (Yonggoljari) Malay: Lunas Polish: Kil (pl) m Portuguese: Quilha (pt) Russian: Киль (ru) (Kilʹ) Spanish: Carina (es)

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Vela

Etymology 2

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.

Proper noun

Carina

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

Translations

female given name

Portuguese: Carina (pt) f

Anagrams

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

Danish

Proper noun

Carina

1. a female given name, variant of Karina

French

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Carina f

1. a female given name, variant of Karina

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Carina

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Carina

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Carīna m sg (genitive Carīnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Carīna
genitive	Carīnae
dative	Carīnae
accusative	Carīnam
ablative	Carīnā
vocative	Carīna
locative	Carīnae

References

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Carina

1. a female given name, variant of Karina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾi.nɐ/, /kaˈɾi.nɐ/

Proper noun

Carina f

1. a female given name

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Carina

Wikipedia ^es

Alternative forms

• Karina (given name)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Carina f

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka²riːna/

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• Homophone: Karina

Proper noun

Carina c (genitive Carinas)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.