Associations to the word «Canopus»

Wiktionary

CANOPUS, proper noun. (star) A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (α) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky.
CANOPUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
CANOPUS, proper noun. An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.

Dictionary definition

CANOPUS, noun. Supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King