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proper noun
- (greekmyth) 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.
- (constellation) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.
Translations: - French: Cassiopée
- German: Cassiopeia
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- Spanish: Cassiopeia
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Etymology: From (term, Cassiopeia, CassiopÄia, lang=la) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, , tr=Kassiopeia) or .
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