Carina in latin has the meaning "The keel" referring to the keel of a boat or ship.
(the bottom of the boat above is labelled keel.)
The named stars in this constellation are Canopus (Menelaus's helmsman), Miaplacidus ("placid waters"), Avior, and Turais ("little shield"). Carina was once part of the constellation Argo Navis, but the International Astronomical Union defined the constellation as four separate constellations.
(The above constellation is Carina.)
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