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== Etymology and cultural associations == ''Rēgulus'' is [[Latin]] for 'prince' or 'little king';<ref name=lands/> its [[Greek language|Greek]] equivalent is Basiliskos or, in Latinised form, Basiliscus.<ref name=Geminus/><ref name=lsj/><ref name=ridpath/> The name Regulus first appeared in the early 16th century.<ref name=ridpath/> It is also known as Qalb al-Asad, from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] قلب الأسد, meaning 'the heart of the lion', a name already attested in the Greek Kardia Leontos<ref name=Geminus/><ref name=lsj2/> whose Latin equivalent is Cor Leōnis. The Arabic phrase is sometimes approximated as Kabelaced.<ref name=pultar/> In Chinese it is known as 軒轅十四, the Fourteenth Star of Xuanyuan, the [[Yellow Emperor]]. In [[Indian astronomy]], Regulus corresponds to the [[Nakshatra]] [[Magha (nakshatra)|Magha]] ("the bountiful"). [[Babylonia]]ns called it ''Sharru'' ("the King"), and it marked the 15th ecliptic constellation. In [[India]] it was known as ''Maghā'' ("the Mighty"), in [[Sogdia]]na ''Magh'' ("the Great"), in [[Persia]] ''Miyan'' ("the Centre") and also as one of the four '[[royal stars]]' of the Persian monarchy.<ref name=allen/> It was one of the fifteen [[Behenian fixed star|Behenian stars]] known to [[medieval]] [[astrologer]]s, associated with [[granite]], [[mugwort]], and the [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]] symbol [[File:Agrippa1531 corLeonis.png]]. In the Babylonian [[MUL.APIN]], Regulus is listed as [[Lugal]], meaning king, with co-descriptor, "star of the Lion's breast".<ref name=rogers/>
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