A star in the constellation Corvus (the Crow), also called Beta Corvi.
From Arabic al-gharab 'the raven' or 'the crow.' Like many star names, this comes directly from medieval Arabic astronomical terminology that dominated European star-naming conventions.
Medieval Arab astronomers named stars based on the mythological figures they saw in constellations—'algorab' means crow, reflecting ancient stories about Corvus the crow in Greek mythology that traveled through Arabic to us.
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