Capellan adj.

of or relating to the Capella system or its inhabitants

Demonyms

  • 1947 ‘M. Leinster’ Propagandist in Astounding Science Fiction Aug. 145/2 page image Murray Leinster bibliography

    If they were the race that had murdered the Capellan colonists, they’d try to keep him from getting back to his ship.

  • 1951 M. Lesser From Hidden Worlds in Amazing Stories Aug. 119/1 page image Milton Lesser bibliography

    I’ve always meant to try Capellan brandy. The natives call it smurth, I think.

  • 1957 D. F. Galouye All Jackson’s Children in Galaxy Science Fiction Jan. 32/2 page image Daniel F. Galouye bibliography

    By tomorrow at this time, there’ll be a crater out there big enough to bury the Capellan fleet.

  • 1977 R. F. Young The Earth Books in Fantastic June 61 page image Robert F. Young bibliography

    The ranch buildings are in the exact center, and the concave terrain surrounding them is dotted with grazing Capellan cattle.

  • 1992 K. Brooke Jurassic & the Great Tree in Interzone (#66) Dec. 31/2 page image Keith Brooke bibliography

    Cezarro is full of insights and penetrative analysis and he is the most willing of us all to share his wisdom. He attributes this to his Capellan upbringing, although it is possible that he only uses this explanation as a means to remind us of his aristocratic background.

  • 2009 K. R. A. DeCandido A Singular Destiny (Star Trek: Destiny) 9 page image Keith R. A. DeCandido bibliography

    Most economists estimated the collapse of the Capellan socioeconomic infrastructure within the decade.

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