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What does Andromeda mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) 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.
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A ruler of men. A heroine of Greek legend, who was rescued from a sea monster by Perseus.
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After exiting slipstream, the Andromeda is captured by the gravitational attraction of a small moon.
An oracle informed Andromeda's father, King Cepheus, that the ills would cease if he exposed Andromeda to the monster, which he did.
The lights have made Andromeda sweat, and her beauty spot is blurry and shaped more like a jellybean than a circle.
The Andromeda rescues some Wayist refugees traveling on board a tramp freighter.
When she turned five, she moved from the trundle bed tucked under Muma's bed, to her own little room across the hall from Andromeda.
Beginning with The Andromeda Strain in 1969, Hollywood has feasted for years on Crichton's best-selling novels and high-concept screenplays.

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