Deneb

Deneb
/den"eb/, n. Astron.
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
[1865-70; < Ar dhanab a tail]

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▪ star
Arabic“Tail” [of the Swan, Cygnus]also called  Alpha Cygni 

      one of the brightest stars, with an apparent magnitude of 1.25. This star, at about 3,200 light-years' distance, is the most remote (and brightest intrinsically) of the 20 apparently brightest stars. It lies in the northern constellation Cygnus.

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