Copernicus

English

Etymology

Latin Copernicus. A Latinisation of the Polish surname Kopernik.

Proper noun

Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

Derived terms

Copernican

Translations

surname of Nicolaus Copernicus

Arabic: كُوبِرْنِيكُوس‎ m (kubirnikus)
Catalan: Copèrnic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哥白尼 (zh) (Gēbáiní)
Czech: Koperník m
Danish: Kopernikus
Finnish: Kopernikus
German: Kopernikus m
Greek: Κοπέρνικος m (Kopérnikos)

Hindi: कोपरनिकस (Koparnikas)
Italian: Copernico m
Japanese: コペルニクス (Koperunikusu)
Korean: 코페르니쿠스 (Kopereunikuseu)
Persian: کوپرنیک‎ (Kupernik)
Polish: Kopernik (pl) m
Portuguese: Copérnico m
Russian: Копе́рник m (Kopérnik)
Spanish: Copérnico

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

Latinization of Polish Kopernik

Proper noun

Copernicus

A surname.

Descendants

English: Copernicus

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