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US
/ˈkæpɹəkɔɹn/
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NOUN
- a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
- the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
How To Use Capricorn In A Sentence
- NASHIRA, γ _Capricorni_, "the fortunate one, or the bringer of good tidings. A Field Book of the Stars
- The Romans celebrated the Sun's ingress into Capricorn as Saturnalia, a festival which welcomed back the return of the Sun's power after the shortest day of the year.
- The comet is located in the zodiacal constellation of Capricornus, the Sea Goat. Grouse Diary Entry
- As the cardinal earth sign Capricorn portrays the enduring and irrepressible spirit of nature.
- Capricornia, to express the country under the tropics, from the parallel of 25° South, where nature has set up her own land-marks, not to be disputed: Australindia, the country on the shores of the most southern part of the Indian archipelago; which two regions may be made conterminous according to natural limits, when such limits can be accurately ascertained. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
- Capricorni is also a wide double, the components yellow and blue, with many telescopic companions. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.
- She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal.
- Heron is a tiny Barrier Reef coral cay, of only 17 hectares, in the Capricornia Group of islands of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
- Capricorn: When this sign eats in the dark, you know some financial wizardry is afoot. Horoscope for the week of March 16, 2008
- Nearly two dozen people suggested the name Capricorn, pertinent to the fact that the Tropic of Capricorn crosses the province. ANC Daily News Briefing
