Dorado

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English

A map of Dorado; the area marked LMC is the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato (gilded, golden), ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō (to gild).

Proper noun

Dorado

  1. (astronomy) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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Proper noun

Dorado m

  1. (astronomy) Dorado (small constellation in the southern sky)

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Proper noun

Dorado ?

  1. (astronomy) Dorado (a particular constellation)