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Suhail (disambiguation)

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"Suhail" in Arabic means "handsome, brilliant, glorious, and beautiful." This was a term that was commonly applied to a bright star.

The name of this star is probably a shortening of Al Suhail al Wazn, that is, "The Bright Star of the Weight." Another name for this star is simply Alsuhail. Suhail is an orange K4.5Ib-II bright giant to supergiant star having about 3000 times the luminosity of the sun.


Also, It may refer to:

  • A bright shiny star appears in the south annually. Arabs were considering it as a sign for the beginning of the cool weather.
  • An Arabic male name (as "Suhail AlSaeed").
  • Canopus (α Carinae) (2nd Brightest star in the sky)

Shortened from Suhail al Muhlif, it may refer to:

suhail of kuantan integrated boarding school(SBPIK) : A student of this school born in 1993 know as big head,alien,sardin and so much more