OOP: What do you make of this name?

[logic_alley]

No: HPFGUIDX 66361


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> Rowan:
> > What does anyone make of Bellatrix Lestrange's name?  Bella I 
take to mean beautiful, and according to my dictionary, -trix is a 
suffix that denotes a female (eg. aviator, aviatrix), though she 
certainly has many tricks up her sleeve!  I take Lestrange to mean 
"the strange, or the foreign".  Anyone else? > >

"rose_in_shadow" wrote:
> Someone else on this list has mentioned that "Bellatrix" is also 
the name of a star and since she's a member of the Black family, 
perhaps it's a family thing? (i.e. Sirius  - the dog star) >>>>>

Here's a nice site about stars and constellations:
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

Regulus is also a star.  Andromeda is a galaxy of course.  I don't 
see Narcissa, but her son Draco is also a constellation.   

I think you're right -- it's definitely a Black family tradition.

And Sirius is the brightest star in our sky, after the sun.  


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