Sputnik
[ˈspʊtnɪk]Meaning
Russian, satellite in an astronomical context; also spouse or travelling companion
Background Story
A user-submitted entry records Sputnik as a masculine given name in the popular culture category. In English the word denotes any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first of 1957, and has also been a dated term for any artificial satellite.
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