corvus

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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)vəs
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh2- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh2wós Proto-Italic *korwos Latin corvusbor. English Corvus Borrowed from Latin corvus (“raven, crow”).

From Latin corvus (“crow”), named for the resemblance to a crow's beak.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 烏鴉座 /乌鸦座 (Wūyāzuò) — constellation of the southern sky
• Finnish: Korppi — constellation of the southern sky
• French: Corbeau — constellation of the southern sky
• Galician: Corvo — constellation of the southern sky
• German: Rabe — constellation of the southern sky
• Ancient Greek: Κόραξ (Kórax) — constellation of the southern sky
• Irish: an Préachán — constellation of the southern sky
• Japanese: 烏座 (Karasuza) — constellation of the southern sky
• Japanese: からす座 (Karasuza) — constellation of the southern sky
• Kazakh: Қарға (Qarğa) — constellation of the southern sky
• Kazakh: Құзғын (Qūzğyn) — constellation of the southern sky
• Korean: 까마귀자리 (Kkamagwijari) — constellation of the southern sky
• Malay: Gagak — constellation of the southern sky
• Polish: Kruk — constellation of the southern sky
• Russian: Во́рон (Vóron) — constellation of the southern sky
• Spanish: Corvus — constellation of the southern sky
• Ottoman Turkish: غراب (gurab) — constellation of the southern sky