Cassiopeia

See also: Cassiopéia

Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

The constellation Cassiopeia

Alternative formsEdit

• Cassiope

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæsiəˈpiːə/

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia

1. (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.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.

Derived termsEdit

• Cassiopeiae
• Cassiopeia's Chair

TranslationsEdit

mythical wife of Cepheus

• Danish: Kassiopeia
• French: Cassiopée (fr) f
• Galician: Casiopea (gl)
• German: Cassiopeia f
• Greek: Κασσιόπεια (el) f ‎(Kassiópeia), Κασσιόπη (el) f ‎(Kassiópi)
• Greenlandic: Kassiopeja

• Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᓯᐅᐱᔭ ‎(kassiupija)
• Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
• Japanese: カッシオペイア ‎(Kasshiopeia)
• Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
• Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f ‎(Kassiopéja)

constellation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仙后座 (zh) ‎(Xiānhòuzuò)

• Faroese: Mariurokkur m
• Finnish: Kassiopeia
• French: Cassiopée (fr) f
• Galician: Casiopea (gl)
• German: Cassiopeia f
• Greek: Κασσιόπη (el) f ‎(Kassiópi)

• Hawaiian: ʻIwakeliʻi
• Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
• Japanese: カシオペヤ座 (ja) ‎(Kashiopeya-za)
• Malay: Ratu Kerusi
• Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáád
• Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
• Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f ‎(Kassiopéja)
• Spanish: Cassiopeia (es)
• Tagalog: Kaayopeya

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DutchEdit

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Cassiopē

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια ‎(Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη ‎(Kassiópē).

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopēia f ‎(genitive Cassiopēiae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Cassiopéia (superseded)

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia f

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

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Wikipedia ^es

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia ?

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)