Vega

Ve·ga  (vg, v-)

n.

The brightest star in the constellation Lyra.

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[Medieval Latin, from Arabic (an-nasr) al-wqi', the falling (eagle), Vega : al-, the + wqi', falling, active participle of waqa'a, to fall; see wq in Semitic roots.]

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Vega  (vg, bgä), Lope de 1562-1635.

Spanish playwright whose enormous body of works, including Fuenteovejuna (c. 1619), established the national drama of Spain. Nearly 500 of his more than 2,000 plays are extant.

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Vega [ˈviːgə]

n

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most conspicuous in the N hemisphere. It is part of an optical double star having a faint companion. Distance: 25.3 light years; spectral type: A0V

[from Medieval Latin, from Arabic (al nasr) al wāqi, literally: the falling (vulture), that is, the constellation Lyra]

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Vega²

n

(Biographies) See Lope de Vega

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Vega  (vg, vg)

A star in the constellation Lyra and one of the five brightest stars in the night sky. It is a white main-sequence star in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with an apparent magnitude of 0.04. Vega, along with Altair and Deneb, form the Summer Triangle asterism. Scientific name: Alpha Lyra.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Vega - prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) Lope de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
	2.	Vega - the brightest star in the constellation Lyra Lyra - a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega