Suhail, from , is the common name of a number of stars typically seen near the southern horizon.
It is part of the traditional names of several stars in the constellation Argo Navis.
Lambda Velorum, now officially named Suhail by the IAU Working Group on Star Names, was called in , but later shortened to just Suhail. Gamma Velorum (also known as Regor) has the traditional name al-Suhail al-Muhlif (). Zeta Puppis (also known as Naos) has the traditional name Suhail Hadar (). In addition to these, the star Canopus (α Carinae), the second-brightest star in the night sky, is called in or in .
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