CASSIOPEIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cassiopeia mean? 

• CASSIOPEIA (noun)
  The noun CASSIOPEIA has 2 senses:

1. (Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda

2. a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris

  Familiarity information: CASSIOPEIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSIOPEIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

 Context examples 

The new study reports the detection of silica in two supernova remnants, called Cassiopeia A and G54.1+0.3.

(Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, Glass, NASA)

The researchers made their conclusion based on observations of two supernova remnants, the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A (Cas A).

(Finding Alien Life Unlikely Due to Lack of Phosphorus in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I wish I could see Cassiopeia.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)