Las tres Marías

English translation: Orion's Belt

12:27 Apr 8, 2010
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Astronomy & Space
Spanish term or phrase: Las tres Marías
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Tengo entendido que las tres marías (estrellas) es otro nombre que se le da al cinturón de orión...(Orion Belt), pero quisiera saber cuál es en inglés el término para "las tres marías"...

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Belenmc
Argentina
Local time: 12:30
English translation:Orion's Belt
Explanation:
This is how it's most commonly referred to.
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Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:30
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5 +4Orion's Belt
Fiona Kirton
5The Three Sisters
Edward Tully
5the "three Marys" constellation/Orion costellation
Constantinos Faridis (X)
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Orion (constellation)
Joel Pina Diaz

  

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The Three Sisters


Explanation:
Search ResultsWikiAnswers - Are the three sisters and Orion's Belt the same
Science question: Are the three sisters and Orion's Belt the same? Yes. There - I answered my own question!
wiki.answers.com/.../Are_the_three_sisters_and_Orion's_Belt_the_same - CachedThe Three Sisters
I pored over it and discovered that what I was calling “The Three Sisters” was really Orion's belt. I also found that “The Little Lost Boy” was Mars. ...
blogs.salon.com/0001772/stories/2003/.../theThreeSisters.html - Cached - SimilarThree Sisters Bar | TutorNext.com | web
Some people like to refer to the 3 stars in Orion's belt as the Three Sisters, but I haven't personally heard it referred to as such. ...
www.tutornext.com/ws/three-sisters-bar - CachedAncient Human Metropolis Found in South Africa
There are two Orion's belt alignments at Boomplaas: One reflects the belt as it appears .... Find the “Three Sisters” and the stars reveal the rest… ...
www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=14772.5;wap2 - Cached

Edward Tully
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Orion's Belt


Explanation:
This is how it's most commonly referred to.

Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
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the "three Marys" constellation/Orion costellation


Explanation:
Orion, often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation located on .... The same three stars are known in Latin America as "The Three Marys". ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../Orion_(constellation)
17 Oct 2003 ... Then one is about the Spica star or to the constellation of Virgo or ... see denominated the three Maries or belt of Orion formed by Mintaka ...
www.mallorcaweb.net/.../conloc1.htm
"The Belt of Orion" constellation in Latin America is called as Las Tres Marías (The Three Marys). Other Western nations sometimes call it "The Three Kings" ...
wapedia.mobi/en/The_three_Marys
22 Dec 2009 ... The Orion constellation is commonly depicted as "Three Mary's", ... The same three stars are known in Latin America as "The Three Marys." ...
www.mahalo.com/.../what-does-the-orion-constellation-depict

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
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Reference comments


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Reference: Orion (constellation)

Reference information:
Stars
See also: list of stars in Orion


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28constellation%29
Joel Pina Diaz
Mexico
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