Does Altair really mean "eagle"?

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#1 wiistation36000
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If so, in what language?

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#2 Assassin1349
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Arabic for "the flying one".
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#3 gubrushadow
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its original al-tair , the flying one as he said
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#4 rmfd341
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This got me thinking. Every assassin is named Eagle? Ezio means eagle...Altair means eagle... I just hope the next assassin ain't french...
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This got me thinking. Every assassin is named Eagle? Ezio means eagle...Altair means eagle... I just hope the next assassin ain't french...rmfd341
They're related. And in the assassination business. It's not that far of a stretch for a descendent to be named after an ancestor.
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#6 StaticPenguin
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I don't think you'll be seeing another ancestor. AC2 has really set up Desmond to be the next protagonist whether people want to admit it or not.