Elthathte

The "shorthand" name in the Speech for the star α (alpha) Coronae Borealis, also known as Alphecca or Gemma. α CorBor is approximately 75 lightyears away and about 45 times brighter than Earth's sun. (Properly, the name is spelled with diacriticals: Elthäthté. Unfortunately the title line can't handle them.)

The star is also half of a spectroscopic eclipsing binary. A type G6 yellow dwarf passes periodically across the face of its larger, hotter companion, producing annular eclipses which reduce the pair's apparent magnitude by about 1/10th of a magnitude. This possibly accounts for the shorthand name, which translates most closely into human idiom as "winking". (SYWTBAW)

See also: STAR NAMES: STELLAR WIZARDRIES.