How do you use Cassiopeia in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like constellation, plus the exact meaning.
Cassiopeia in a sentence
Cassiopeia meaning
- Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
- A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.
- A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of rare usage.
Synonyms of Cassiopeia
Using Cassiopeia
- The main meaning on this page is: Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon. | A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus. | A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of rare usage.
- Useful related words include: mythical being, constellation.
- In the example corpus, cassiopeia often appears in combinations such as: of cassiopeia.
Context around Cassiopeia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cassiopeia
- In this selection, "cassiopeia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, formed stand out and add context to how "cassiopeia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include brahe in cassiopeia and cassiopeia is still. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cassiopeia" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cassiopeia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Andromeda the Princess and Cassiopeia the Queen are the other ladies of the sky. (14 words)
It was the second supernova to be observed in a generation (after SN 1572 seen by Tycho Brahe in Cassiopeia ). (20 words)
Cassiopeia is still tied on in her throne in the heavens in the W-shaped constellation we see in the night sky. (22 words)
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Arietis formed the head of the porpoise, while stars from Andromeda formed the body and the bright stars of Cassiopeia formed the tail.sfn Other Polynesian peoples recognized Aries as a constellation. (36 words)
The meteors will seem to spring out of the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky, just below the familiar “W” shaped star pattern of Cassiopeia. (25 words)
Crux is exactly opposite to Cassiopeia on the celestial sphere, and therefore it cannot appear in the sky with the latter at the same time. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
The meteors will seem to spring out of the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky, just below the familiar “W” shaped star pattern of Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia is still tied on in her throne in the heavens in the W-shaped constellation we see in the night sky.
Andromeda the Princess and Cassiopeia the Queen are the other ladies of the sky.
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Arietis formed the head of the porpoise, while stars from Andromeda formed the body and the bright stars of Cassiopeia formed the tail.sfn Other Polynesian peoples recognized Aries as a constellation.
Crux is exactly opposite to Cassiopeia on the celestial sphere, and therefore it cannot appear in the sky with the latter at the same time.
It was the second supernova to be observed in a generation (after SN 1572 seen by Tycho Brahe in Cassiopeia ).
Common combinations with cassiopeia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of cassiopeia 2×