Norma
noun
1.
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way
Origin
Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman.
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