Coma Berenices

English

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"

Proper noun

Coma Berenices

1. (astronomy) 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.

Synonyms

• Berenice's Hair

Derived terms

• Comae Berenices

Translations

small dim summer constellation of the northern sky

• Burmese: ဆံကျင်တာရာ (my) (hcamkyangtara)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 后髮座 (zh) (Hòufàzuò)

• Finnish: Bereniken hiukset (fi)
• Galician: Cabeleira de Berenice (gl)
• Greek: Κόμη Βερενίκης (el) (Kómi Vereníkis)
• Irish: Folt Bheirnicé m
• Japanese: かみのけ座 (ja), 髪座 (ja) (kaminoke za)
• Kankanaey: Kinallaub
• Kazakh: Вероника Шашы (Veronika Şaşy)
• Korean: 머리털자리 (Meoriteoljari)
• Malay: Rambut Berenices
• Norwegian: Berenikes hår (no)
• Polish: Warkocz Bereniki (pl) m
• Russian: Во́лосы Верони́ки f (Vólosy Veroníki)