Andromeda
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Άνδρομέδη (Ándromédē, “mindful of her husband”)
Proper noun[edit]
Andromeda f
- Pieris.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae - bog rosemary.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus in Ericaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Andromedeae - tribe
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus in Ericaceae): Andromeda glaucophylla, Andromeda polifolia
External links[edit]
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
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Άνδρομέδη (Ándromédē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Andromeda
- (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.
- (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky representing the "Chained Lady" Andromeda from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Pisces and Cassiopeia.
- (astronomy) Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; M31.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
mythical daughter of Cepheus
constellation
spiral galaxy
External links[edit]
- 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[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Andromeda f
Finnish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Andromeda
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Andromeda | — | |
| genitive | Andromedan | — | |
| partitive | Andromedaa | — | |
| illative | Andromedaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Andromeda | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Andromeda | — |
| gen. | Andromedan | ||
| genitive | Andromedan | — | |
| partitive | Andromedaa | — | |
| inessive | Andromedassa | — | |
| elative | Andromedasta | — | |
| illative | Andromedaan | — | |
| adessive | Andromedalla | — | |
| ablative | Andromedalta | — | |
| allative | Andromedalle | — | |
| essive | Andromedana | — | |
| translative | Andromedaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Andromedatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Andromeda f
- Archaic spelling of Andrômeda.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)
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