English

Proper noun

Carina

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

Derived terms

• Carinae

Translations

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Vela

Etymology 2

Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.

Proper noun

Carina

1. A female given name occasionally used in English.

Anagrams

• acinar
• arnica
• Carian
• Ciaran
• crania

Danish

Proper noun

Carina

1. A female given name, variant of Karina.

German

Proper noun

Carina

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Carina.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Carina

1. A female given name, variant of Karina.

Spanish

Proper noun

Carina ?

1. (astronomy) Carina (constellation)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Karina

Etymology

Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.

Proper noun

Carina

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 46 821 females with the given name Carina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

English

Noun

carina ‎(plural carinas or carinae)

1. A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
2. (botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
3. (zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
4. (anatomy) Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge

Derived terms

• carina apex
• carina tracheae
• carinal

Anagrams

• acinar
• arnica
• Carian
• Ciaran
• crania

Italian

Adjective

carina f

1. feminine of carino

Anagrams

• aranci
• arcani
• arnica
• carnai
• inarca

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kert-, *kret- ‎(“strong, powerful”), see also Ancient Greek κράτυς ‎(krátus, “strong”), κράτος ‎(krátos, “strength, power, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈriː.na/

Noun

carīna f ‎(genitive carīnae); first declension

1. The keel of a ship.
2. (figuratively) A ship.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• Carīnae
• cornu

Descendants

• English: careen, carina
• Italian: carena
• Spanish: carena

References

• carina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• carina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CARINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• carina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• carina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

car +‎ -ina, because customs was originally paid to the emperor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsârina/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧na

Noun

cȁrina f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ца̏рина)

1. customs

Declension