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Cassiopeia
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Cassiopéia
English
thumb|Map of the constellation Cassiopeia.
Alternative forms
en Cassiope
Etymology
From en la Cassiopēia, from en grc Κασσιόπεια or grc Κασσιόπη.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/
kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Cassiopeia.wav US
Proper noun
en 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.
en constellation A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.
en Achird Caph Fulu Ruchbah Schedar Segin
en female Latin < Ancient Greek rare.
en 23 July 1868 P. Pry [Letter from Saratoga.] The Hop The Round Table.A Saturday Review of Politics, Finance, Literature, Society, and Art. VIII 184 New York, N.Y. 1 August 1868 69 https://books.google.com/books?id=3qLy5PSK814C&pg=RA1-PA69 2 191709058 Beyond a doubt, Miss Cassiopeia Jane Slodge was the belle of the room;
17 February 1985 w:Francis Levy Punctuality Is the Thief of Time https://web.archive.org/web/20241127190155/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/17/books/punctuality-is-the-thief-of-time.html She is only saved from destruction by Professor Secundus Minutus Hora who, along with his tortoise Cassiopeia (a creature possessed with the limited gift of being able to see 30 minutes into the future), presides over time itself.
en 2001 Catherine Blair pseudonym; K. Noelle Gracy Athen’s Conquest A Zebra Regency Romance New York, N.Y. w:Zebra Books 42 https://books.google.com/books?id=rqI8qIzCXyEC&q=Cassiopeia 9780821768730 Ah, the charming Miss Cassiopeia Montgomery.
en 2003 Regina Scott Starstruck A Zebra Historical Romance New York, N.Y. w:Zebra Books 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=_Li5RuTuhwEC&q=Cassiopeia 9780821774854 Good afternoon. Is Miss Cassiopeia Bentbrooke at home?
en 2007 John Hofman 17 Cassiopeia Wright [Morrisville, N.C.] w:Lulu.com 245 https://books.google.com/books?id=9KAf_EABQsMC&pg=PA245 978-1-4303-1136-2 "1 You can call me Cassiopeia." "No, I can't, Miss Wright. We have a professional relationship, not a personal one."
1 June 2016 w:Vanessa Friedman Thrillers: Justin Cronin’s ‘The City of Mirrors,’ and More https://web.archive.org/web/20160602040744/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/books/review/thrillers-justin-cronins-the-city-of-mirrors-and-more.html Also present are Malone’s usual cast of supporting characters: Malone’s extraordinarily named, very wealthy, on-and-off love interest, the daredevil historical preservationist Cassiopeia Vitt.
en 2023 Angie Spoto 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=zszdEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT49 The Grief Nurse Edinburgh w:Black & White Publishing 2024 978 1 78530 629 7 ‘You’ll have to blame the weather for my late arrival, Ms Aster.’ ‘Please, you must call me Cassiopeia,’ said Ms Aster.
Derived terms
en mul:Cas Cass mul:Cassiopeiae Cassiopeian Cassiopeia's Chair cassiopeium
Translations
mythical wife of Cepheus
Armenian: hy Կասիոպեա
Catalan: ca Cassiopea f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 卡西奧佩亞 Kǎxī'àopèiyà, cmn 卡西歐佩亞 Kǎxī'ōupèiyà
Danish: da Kassiopeia
French: fr Cassiopée f
Galician: gl Casiopea
German: de Cassiopeia f
Greek: el Κασσιόπεια f, el Κασσιόπη f
Ancient Greek: grc Κασσιόπεια f
Greenlandic: kl Kassiopeja
Inuktitut: iu ᑲᔅᓯᐅᐱᔭ
Irish: ga Caiseoipé f
Italian: it Cassiopea f
Japanese: ja カッシオペイア Kasshiopeia
Polish: pl Kasjopeja f
Portuguese: pt Cassiopeia f
Russian: ru Кассиопе́я f
Spanish: es Casiopea
Swedish: sv Kassiopeia
constellation
Arabic: ar ذَاتُ الكُرْسِيّ f
Armenian: hy Կասիոպեա
Burmese: my ဗျိုင်းတာရာ
Catalan: ca Cassiopea f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 仙后座
Mandarin: cmn 仙后座
Esperanto: eo Kasiopeo
Faroese: fo Mariurokkur m
Finnish: fi Kassiopeia
French: fr Cassiopée f
Galician: gl Casiopea
Georgian: ka კასიოპეას
German: de Cassiopeia f
Greek: el Κασσιόπη f
Ancient Greek: grc Κασσιόπεια f
Hawaiian: haw ʻIwakeliʻi
Hindi: hi शर्मिष्ठा f
Irish: ga Caiseoipé f
Italian: it Cassiopea f
Japanese: ja カシオペヤ座 Kashiopeya-za
Korean: ko ^카시오페이아자리
Malay: ms Ratu Kerusi
Maltese: mt is-Siġġu m
Navajo: nv náhookǫs biʼáadii
Persian: fa شاهبانو šâhbânu, fa خداوند کرسی xodâvand-e korsi, fa سودابه sudâbe
Polish: pl Kasjopeja f
Portuguese: pt Cassiopeia f
Russian: ru Кассиопе́я f
Spanish: es Cassiopeia
Swedish: sv Cassiopeja
Tagalog: tl Kaayopeya
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˌkɑ.si.joːˈpeː.jaː/ /ˌkɑ.si.joːˈpɛi̯.jaː/
nl Nl-Cassiopeia.ogg
Proper noun
f
nl constellation en Cassiopeia
Latin
Alternative forms
la Cassiopē
la Cassiopēa Cassiepēa Cassiepīa Cassiepeia
Etymology
Borrowed from la grc Κασσιόπεια or grc Κασσιόπη.
Pronunciation
Cassiope_ia
Proper noun
Cassiopeia<1>
la Greek mythology Cassiopeia the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
la astronomy the constellation Cassiopeia
Declension
Cassiopeia<1>
Descendants
2 desc
ca Cassiopea
nl Cassiopeia 1
zh 卡西奧佩亞 Kǎxī'àopèiyà 卡西歐佩亞 Kǎxī'ōupèiyà 1
da Kassiopeia 1
kl Kassiopeja 1
en Cassiopeia 1
iu ^ᑲᔅᓯᐅᐱᔭ 1
eo Kasiopeo 1
fi Kassiopeia 1
fr Cassiopée
gl Casiopea
de Cassiopeia 1
ga Caiseoipé 1
it Cassiopea
ja ^カッシオペイア ^カシオペヤ Hrkt 1
ko ^카시오페이아 1
pl Kasjopeja 1
pt Cassiopeia
es Cassiopeia
tl Kaayopeya 1
sv Kassiopeia Cassiopeja 1
References
Cassĭŏpē Cassiope1
1 Cassĭŏpē Cassiope
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Cassiopéia pre-1990
Etymology
pt :lbor la:Cassiopēa<ref:> + 1
Pronunciation
Cassiopé*ia
pt Cas si o pei a
Proper noun
f
pt Greek mythology en Cassiopeia wife of Cepheus
pt constellation en Cassiopeia a constellation of the northern sky
References
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es constellation en Cassiopeia constellation