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仙后座 — meaning in English

Xiān hòu zuò

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English meaning

  • Cassiopeia name In Greek myth, the vain queen of Ethiopia whose boast about her beauty led to her being punished by Poseidon.

Senses

仙后座 is used for these senses in English:

  • Cassiopeia (Greek mythology) 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.

Cassiopeia — full definition

  1. name In Greek myth, the vain queen of Ethiopia whose boast about her beauty led to her being punished by Poseidon.
  2. name A W-shaped constellation in the northern sky, named after the mythical queen.