formerly used for Gamma Draconis, and the two terms share an Arabic root meaning "serpent" or "dragon". In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Eltanin for this star on 21 August 2016 and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. Gamma Draconis, along with Beta Draconis, Mu Draconis, Nu Draconis, and Xi Draconis were Al ʽAwāïd "the Mother Camels", which was later known as the Quinque Dromedarii. In Chinese, (), meaning Celestial Flail, refers to an asterism consisting of Gamma Draconis, Xi Draconis, Nu Draconis, Beta Draconis and Iota Herculis. Consequently, the Chinese name for Gamma Draconis itself is (, .) Namesake USS Etamin was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the star. See also List of stars in Draco Notes and references References Notes Draconis, Gamma Draco (constellation) K-type giants Eltanin 087833 Draconis, 33 6705 164058 Durchmusterung objects