See also: Cassiopéia

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Map of the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/
  • enPR: kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə

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Cassiopeia

  1. (Greek mythology) 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.
  2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.si.joːˈpeː.jaː/, ˌkɑ.si.joːˈpɛi̯.jaː/ invalid IPA characters (/)
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Cassiopeia f

  1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

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Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cassiopeia
genitive Cassiopeiae
dative Cassiopeiae
accusative Cassiopeiam
ablative Cassiopeiā
vocative Cassiopeia

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.a/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.a], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.a/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.a]
 

  • Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a

Proper noun

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Cassiopeia f

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

References

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  1. ^ Cassiopeia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kasjoˈpeja/ [ka.sjoˈpe.ja]
  • Rhymes: -eja
  • Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia

Proper noun

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Cassiopeia f

  1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)