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Coma Berenices en · PROPN

Etymology

Named in antiquity after the hair of Queen Berenice II of Egypt. From Latin coma (“hair of the head”) + Berenīcē, from Ancient Greek Κώμη Βερενίκης (Kṓmē Bereníkēs), from κώμη (kome) "hair" + Doric Greek Βερενίκη (Berenike) "bringer of victory"

Meanings

1. A small dim summer constellation of the northern sky, said to represent an offering of hair from Queen Berenice II of Egypt. Originally considered to represent the tuft of hair on the end of Leo's tail.

Deriveds

Comae Berenices

Synonyms

Berenice's Hair

Translations (17)

ja 髪座 (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · ru Во́лосы Верони́ки (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · ga Folt Bheirnicé (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · kne Kinallaub (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · my ဆံကျင်တာရာ (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · gl Cabeleira de Berenice (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · el Κόμη Βερενίκης (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · fi Bereniken hiukset (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · kk Вероника Шашы (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · pl Warkocz Bereniki (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · cmn 后髮座 /后发座 (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · eo Berenica Hararo (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · no Berenikes hår (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · ko 머리털자리 (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · sh Berenikina kosa (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · ja かみのけ座 (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky) · ms Rambut Berenices (small dim summer constellation of the northern sky)