Cassiopeia
//ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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 A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.
Example
More examples"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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