ALL meanings of canopus
Ca·no·pus
C c - noun canopus the brightest star in the constellation Carina and the second brightest star in the sky. Visual magnitude: -0.7; spectral type: F0II; distance: 313 light years 3
- noun canopus a port in ancient Egypt east of Alexandria where granite monuments have been found inscribed with the name of Rameses II and written in languages similar to those of the Rosetta stone 3
- noun canopus a supergiant binary star in the constellation Carina, the second brightest star: magnitude, -0.7 3
- noun canopus seaport in ancient Egypt, near the mouth of the Nile 3
- noun canopus Astronomy. a first-magnitude star in the constellation Carina: the second brightest star in the heavens. 1
- noun canopus an ancient seacoast city in Lower Egypt, 15 miles (24 km) E of Alexandria. 1