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Look up: Cassiopeia

  1. Cassiopeia
    mother of Andromeda and wife of wife of Cepheus, the king of Joppa in Ethiopia; Cassiopeoia promised Perseus that he could marry her daughter, but changed her mind and asked Poseidon's son, Agenor, to disrupt the wedding ceremony; Agenor and his army were defeated by Perseus when Perseus held up Med...
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Cassiopeia
    [n] - a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Cassiopeia
    English name: Cassiopeia (Queen). Genitive name: Cassiopeiae. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  4. Cassiopeia
    In Greek mythology, the mother of the Ethiopian princess Andromeda. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Cassiopeia
    Cas`si·o·pe'ia noun [ New Latin , from Greek ....] (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 , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/32

  6. Cassiopeia
    noun a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Cassiopeia
    noun (Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Cassiopeia
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Cassiopeia
    in astronomy, a constellation of the northern sky, easily recognized by a group of five bright stars forming a slightly irregular W. It lies at one ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/33

  10. Cassiopeia
    Cassiopeia is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Clever` Where is it used? The name Cassiopeia is mainly used In Greek Mythology (Latinized) .How do they say it elsewhere? Cassiopea ( In Greek Mythology (Latinized) ) The name Cassiopeia doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common nam...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Cas

  11. Cassiopeia
    Cassiopeia, in astronomy, prominent northern constellation located almost directly opposite the Big Dipper across the north celestial pole. Five bright stars in the constellation form a rough W (or M) in the sky. Some see in this formation the shape of a chair known as Cassiopeia's Chair. Tycho's St...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08107

  12. Cassiopeia
    Cassiopeia (kăs"ēupē'u) , in Greek mythology: see Andromeda.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09115

  13. Cassiopeia
    Cassiopeia is a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated next to Cepheus, and often called the Lady in her Chair. It contains fifty-five stars, five of which, arranged in the form of a 'W', are of the third magnitude.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Cassiopeia
    (astronomy) Prominent constellation of the northern hemisphere, named after the mother of Andromeda (who was the wife of Perseus). It has a distinctive W-shape, and contains one of the most powerful radio sources in the sky, Cassiopeia A. This is the remains of a supernova (star explosion)...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  15. Cassiopeia
    (constellation) Cássiopéia, colloquially Cássiópeia; genitive | symbolism = the Seated Queen | RA = 1 | dec= +60 | family = Perseus | quadrant = NQ1 | areatotal = 598 | arearank = 25th | numbermainstars = 5 | numberbfstars = 53 | numberstarsplanets = 3 | numberbright...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia

  16. Cassiopeia
    (train) The is a luxury overnight limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs between Ueno Station in Tokyo and the city of Sapporo in the northern island of Hokkaido. The one-way journey lasts approximately 16½ hours. Going fro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia

  17. Cassiopeia
    (mythology) `Cassiopeia` is the name of several figures in Greek mythology. Wife of Cepheus: The Queen Cassiopeia, wife of king Cepheus of Æthiopia, was beautiful but also arrogant and vain; these latter two characteristics led to her downfall. Her name in Greek is ΚασσιÏ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia

  18. Cassiopeia
    (Battlestar Galactica) `Cassiopeia` is a fictional character in the original Battlestar Galactica which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1979. The role was portrayed by Laurette Spang. History: When we are first introduced to Cassiopeia, she is a refugee on the freighter Gemini, who escaped the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia



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13 February 2012

This day in history:
The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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