Cassiopeia Syllabification: (Cas·si·o·pe·ia)Pronunciation: /ˌkasēəˈpēə/Definition of Cassiopeia 1 Greek Mythology the wife of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, and mother of Andromeda. 2 Astronomy a constellation near the north celestial pole, recognizable by the conspicuous “W” pattern of its brightest stars. (as genitive Cassiopeiae /ˌkasēəˈpē-ē/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Delta CassiopeiaeCassiopeia in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Cassiopeia in the British & World English dictionary
