Galaxy
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English
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Etymology
From Greek galacticos, meaning "milk"; named for the Milky Way, which seen in the night sky from the Earth's viewpoint forms a "milky way" or "road of milk", as the spiral arm of the galaxy forms a streak we can faintly see.
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Noun
galaxy (plural: galaxies)
- a collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. of which there are billions in the known universe. They usually form spiral or elliptical shapes likely due to a central gravity well (i.e. giant black hole), but some form irregular shapes (especially if they are broken away from another galaxy).
- our Milky Way galaxy
- name of the Lockheed C-5 aircraft, flown by the US Air Force.
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Translations
- Catalan: galà xia (1), Via Là ctia (2)
- Czech: galaxie f (1), MléÄná dráha f (2)
- Danish: galakse (1), Mælkevejen (2)
- Dutch: sterrenstelsel n (1), melkweg m (2)
- Esperanto: galaksio (1, 2), laktovojo (2)
- Estonian: galaktika (1), Linnutee (2)
- Finnish: galaksi (1), Linnunrata (2)
- French: galaxie f (1); Voie Lactée f (2)
- German: Galaxie f (1), MilchstraÃe f (2), Galaxis f (2)
- Greek: galaxia
- Hungarian: galaxis (1), csillagváros (1), Tejút (2), Tejútrendszer (2)
- Indonesian: galaksi (1), Bimasakti / Bima Sakti (2)
- Interlingua: galaxia (1); Via Lactee (2)
- Italian: galassia f (1)
- Japanese: éæ²³ (ããã, gin-ga) (1), é河系 (ããããã, gin-ga-kei) / 天ã®å· (ãã¾ã®ãã, amanogawa) (2)
- Latin: galactia f, orbis lacteus m
- Latvian: galaktika f.
- Novial: galaxie
- Persian: ÙÙÙشا٠(kahkeshan) (1), را٠شÛØ±Û (rahe shiri) (2)
- Polish: galaktyka f(1), Droga Mleczna f (2)
- Portuguese: galáxia f (1); Via Láctea f (2)
- Romanian: galaxie f (1); Calea Lactee f (2)
- Russian: галакÑика galaktika (1), ÐлеÑнÑй пÑÑÑ(2)
- Spanish: galaxia (1), Via Lactea (2)
- Swedish: galax (1), Vintergatan (2)
- Tupinambá: Tapi'irapé (2) (lit. "tapir's way")
- Welsh: galaeth m/f
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Related words
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