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Meissa (Lambda Orionis λ Orionis) is a star in the constellation Orion. Meissa derives from the Arabic Al-Maisan which means The Shining One. This term was used for Gamma Gemini (Alhena) but was somehow also mistakenly applied to Meissa and the name stuck.

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