Cassiopeia Definition

kăsē-ə-pēə
noun
The wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.
Webster's New World
A N constellation between Andromeda and Cepheus.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Eritrea. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.

Wiktionary

(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.

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Origin of Cassiopeia

  • Latin Cassiepīa, Cassiopēa from Greek Kassiepeia Cassiopeia, daughter of Cepheus and Andromeda, who was changed into a constellation

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιόπη.

    From Wiktionary

Cassiopeia Sentence Examples

  • The brightest star of all these was the famous " Tycho's star " in Cassiopeia.

  • After her death she was placed by Athena amongst the constellations in the northern sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia.

  • His mother, Cassiopeia, is an African princess who was sold into slavery while pregnant with Octavian.

  • Cassiopeia's How To Execute a Bellydance Move includes numerous short videos focused on a single movement.

  • Cassiopeia, having boasted herself equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew down the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea-monster which destroyed man and beast.

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