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Cassiopeia
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Capheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabuolous king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.