Andromeda

See also: andromeda and Androméda

Translingual

Andromeda polifolia

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. Pieris.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae — bog rosemary.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Andromedeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Andromeda glaucophylla, Andromeda polifolia

External links

• Pieris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pieris (plant)
• Andromeda polifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Andromeda polifolia
• Pieris (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Pieris (Ericaceae)
• Andromeda on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
•  Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
• Andromeda at USDA Plants database

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English

Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, by Théodore Chassériau, 1840

Andromeda constellation map

Andromeda galaxy in infrared

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Άνδρομέδη (Ándromédē, “mindful of her husband”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈdrɒmɪdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ænˈdrɑːmɪdə/

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to a sea monster by Perseus who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
2. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky representing the "Chained Lady" Andromeda from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Pisces and Cassiopeia.
3. (astronomy) Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; M31.

Derived terms

• Andromedae

Translations

mythical daughter of Cepheus

• Danish: Andromeda
• Dutch: Andromeda (nl) f
• French: Andromède (fr)
• German: Andromeda (de)
• Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda)
• Greenlandic: Andromeda
• Hungarian: Androméda (hu)

• Inuktitut: ᐊᓐᑦᕉᒥᑕ (antruumita)
• Irish: Andraiméide f
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Portuguese: Andrômeda (pt) f
• Romanian: Andromeda (ro)
• Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)

constellation

• Dutch: Andromeda (nl)
• Finnish: Andromeda (fi)
• French: Andromède (fr)
• German: Andromeda (de)
• Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda)
• Hungarian: Androméda (hu)

• Malay: Andromeda, Puteri Teratai
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Romanian: Andromeda (ro)
• Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)
• Turkish: Andromeda

spiral galaxy

• Dutch: Andromeda (nl) n
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)

• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)

External links

• Andromeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
•  Andromeda (constellation) on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Andromeda (constellation)
•  Andromeda Galaxy on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Andromeda Galaxy

See also

• Local Group

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. (astronomy) Andromeda

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Finnish

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Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda Galaxy.

Declension

Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		Andromeda	—
accusative	nom.?	Andromeda	—
	gen.	Andromedan
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
inessive		Andromedassa	—
elative		Andromedasta	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
adessive		Andromedalla	—
ablative		Andromedalta	—
allative		Andromedalleˣ	—
essive		Andromedana	—
translative		Andromedaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Andromedatta	—
comitative		—	—

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andrǒmeda/
• Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda Galaxy.