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Rigel
Boy NameAstronomy Origin
Meaning
Derived from Arabic الرجل (al-Rijl) meaning "foot". This is the name of the star that forms the left
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Rigel (dog)
Rigel was a large black Newfoundland dog who was said to have saved some of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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Rigel (microprocessor)
Rigel was a microprocessor chip set developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that implemented the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA).
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