Coma Berenices

English Etymology Named in antiquity after the hair of Queen Berenice II of Egypt. From en la coma hair of the head + la Berenīcē, from en grc Κώμη Βερενίκης, from κώμη (kome) "hair" + Doric Greek Βερενίκη (Berenike) "bringer of victory" Proper noun 1 en constellation A small dim summer constellation of the northern sky, said to represent an offering of hair from Queen Berenice II of Egypt. Originally considered to represent the tuft of hair on the end of Leo's tail. Synonyms en Berenice's Hair Derived terms en Comae Berenices Translations small dim summer constellation of the northern sky Burmese: my ဆံကျင်တာရာ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 后髮座//后发座 Esperanto: eo Berenica Hararo Finnish: fi Bereniken hiukset Galician: gl Cabeleira de Berenice Greek: el Κόμη Βερενίκης Irish: ga Folt Bheirnicé m Japanese: ja 髪座 Kaminokeza, ja かみのけ座 Kaminokeza Kankanaey: kne Kinallaub Kazakh: kk Вероника Шашы Korean: ko ^머리털자리 Malay: ms Rambut Berenices Norwegian: no Berenikes hår Polish: pl Warkocz Bereniki m Russian: ru Во́лосы Верони́ки f Serbo-Croatian: sh Berenikina kosa f en eponyms