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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic المقنطرات, from Arabic قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara).[1] First attested in 1859.[2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.mu.kanˈta.rat/
- Rhymes: -arat
- Syllabification: al‧mu‧kan‧ta‧rat
Noun
almukantarat m inan
- (astronomy) almucantar (a small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon)
Declension
Declension of almukantarat
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “almukantarat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Samuel Orgelbrand (1859) Encyklopedyja powszechna. T. 1, (A-Aos). (in Polish), page 507
- ^ almukantarat in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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