CASSIOPEIA


Meaning of CASSIOPEIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌka-sē-ə-ˈpē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Kassiopeia

Date: 1596

1. : the wife of King Cepheus who gives birth to Andromeda and is later changed into a constellation

2.

[Latin (genitive Cassiopeiae ), from Greek Kassiopeia ]

: a northern constellation between Andromeda and Cepheus

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