What is "suhail"

Suhail (also spelled Sohail or Shuhail or Suheyl;) is an Arabic term commonly used as a male given name, and also referring to a number of stars typically seen near the southern horizon from Arabia.

• It is a shortened version of the traditional names of three stars in the obsolete constellation Argo Navis:

:* λ Velorum, Al Suhail al Wazn

:* γ Velorum, Al Suhail al Muhlif, also known as Regor

:* ζ Puppis, Suhail Hadar, also known as Naos

• The term has also been used for Canopus (α Carinae), the second brightest star in the night sky.