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Brightest star in Auriga, from the Latin for "little she-goat"
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capella
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Capella is a lunar crater in diameter that lies to the north of the Mare Nectaris , in a rugged region with many small impact craters. It intrudes slightly into the eastern rim of the crater Isidorus , a feature only slightly smaller in diameter. The wall ...
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Capella \Ca*pel"la\, n. [L., a little goat, dim. of caper a goat.] (Asrton.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.
Usage examples of capella.
Arcturus was eighteen and Capella twelve that Henry carried out a holiday plan which had been in his mind for some time.
I was thinking of the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire for Capella, and the Hurlers on Bodmin Moor for Vega.
I might consider Rome for her and Capella if we could fix up a package tour.
For you I will see Long Compton in your name, and King of England you shall be in the great hereafter, and thereto I, Capella, pledge thee my troth and the Whispering Traitors shall look upon death.
Her father had told her that the legends had been created by people who had no idea of the origin or purpose of the stone circle, but to Capella the legends were the facts.
It was for her, Capella, whose star was aligned on the Rollright Stones, to swear allegiance to the thwarted and frustrated king.
Clarissa giggled when Capella was introduced, and said that everybody thought of that lovely little light opera, but Lionel and Clarissa was how they had been christened and there was nothing they could do about it.
When she and Lionel had first met, she informed Capella, they had decided that this was Fate, so there was nothing to be done about that, either.
They stood menacing and dark against the early-morning sky, stark, grim guardians of a once-hallowed place, with LongMeg, the outlier, conspicuous because of her greater height and what Capella, thought of as her loneliness.
In return Capella learned that their convent was not far from Exeter, that the Order was that of St.
He joined Lionel, Clarissa and Capella at their table for four, and seemed in high spirits.
Sister Veronica, pausing and looking back at Capella, who was standing stock-still as the others followed Stewart.
I think perhaps there is a bigger fish than the young Capella in his pond.
Clarissa also appeared disinclined for conversation, and after lunch Lionel had Capella beside him with the nuns on the back seat.
The whole question was settled by Capella, who said that she had been looking forward to Arran and would make the crossing alone if everybody else was going to Kilmartin.