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Cassiopeia's Chairn.the five brightest stars in the constellation Cassiopeia that seem to form the shape of a W or M
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Cassiopeia's Chair — Cassiopeia Cas si*o*pe ia, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (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. [1913 Webster] {Cassiopeia s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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