- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world’s fourth largest island, the second-largest island country and the 46th largest country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Antananarivo.
- Aspidiske (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
ASPIDISKE (Iota Carinae). Most stars have no proper name; even some bright ones lack them. How they would envy this one, with not one, but THREE, from each of the classic stellar languages. “Aspidiske” (the Greek Iota star in Carina, the Keel of the ship Argo) comes from the Greek, and means “little shield” (referring to a decoration, not a defensive weapon).
