Cassiopea

Translingual

Etymology

Alteration of Cassiopeia, a constellation which is upside-down for half the year because of its proximity to the pole star.

Proper noun

Cassiopea f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cassiopeidae – the "upside-down" jellyfish.

Descendants

English: cassiosome

Italian

Proper noun

Cassiopea f

Cassiopeia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpeː.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpeːä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpe.a/, [käsːioˈpɛːä]

Proper noun

Cassiopēa f sg (genitive Cassiopēae); first declension

Alternative form of Cassiopeia

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