Cassiopeia

/ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/ name

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  1. 1
    Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon. Greek
  2. 2
    A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.

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constellationgiven namemythical queen of ethiopiamythological queennamepersonal name

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"I know nothing about constellations. I can only recognize Orion and Cassiopeia. Oh, and the Big Dipper, too."

Etymology

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

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