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CASSIOPEIA
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GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: Κασσιοπεια, Κασσιεπεια (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: ka-see-ə-PEE-ə (English) [key]
Meaning & History
Latinized form of Greek Κασσιοπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιεπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice". In Greek myth Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda. She was changed into a constellation and placed in the northern sky after she died.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Cassiopea, Kassiopeia |
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