Cassiopeia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cassiopeia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Cassiopeia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cassiopeia n (Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cassiopeia \Cas`siope"ia\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia. {Cassiopeia's Chair}, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.