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MAGELLANIC CLOUDS (named after

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FERDINAND
FERDINAND (1577-1650)
FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand
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MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)
Magellan) , two

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CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud-like condensations of stars in the

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SOUTHERN

southern

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CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of

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MENSA

Mensa about 69° S . Dec. and between 5° and 5° 4o' of R . A . They are remarkable in the resemblance of their stars as regards spectra and

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PHYSICAL

physical constitution to the stars of the Milky Way, though entirely detached from that

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OBJECT

object .

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