Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
cassiopeia

more about cassiopeia

cassiopeia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cassiopeia  \Cas`si*o*pe"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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Cassiopeia 
  n  :  a  W-shaped  constellation  near  Polaris  [syn:  {Cassiopeia}] 




more about cassiopeia