| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Auriga |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Au·ri·ga |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô-r  g |
| NOUN: | A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Lynx and Perseus that contains the bright star Capella, which is 42 light-years from Earth. Also called Charioteer. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin aurga, charioteer, Auriga. See  s- in Appendix I.
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