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Etymology
From Gr. γαλαξίαÏ, meaning "milky"; 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.
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.
Translations
trans-top|a collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc
Armenian: Õ®Õ«ÖÕ¯Õ¡Õ©Õ«Õ¶ (tsirkatin)
Catalan: galà xia
Czech: galaxie f
Danish: galakse
Dutch: sterrenstelsel n
Esperanto: galaksio
Estonian: galaktika
Finnish: galaksi
French: galaxie f
German: Galaxie f
Greek: Î³Î±Î»Î±Î¾Î¯Î±Ï (galaxÃas) m
Hebrew: he-translation|××קס××|galáksia|wv=×Ö¸Ö¼×ַקְסְ×Ö¸× f
Hungarian: galaxis, csillagváros
Indonesian: galaksi
Interlingua: galaxia
Italian: galassia f
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Japanese: éæ²³ (ããã, gin-ga), é河系 (ããããã, ginga-kei)
Korean: ìí (eunha), ìíê³ (eunhagye)
Latvian: galaktika f
Maltese: galassja f
Persian: ÙÙÙشا٠(kahkeshan)
Polish: galaktyka f
Portuguese: galáxia f
Romanian: galaxie f
Russian: галакÑика galaktika
Scottish Gaelic: Slighe Chlann Uisnich f
Spanish: galaxia
Swedish: galax
Welsh: galaeth f
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trans-top|the Milky Way
Catalan: Via LÃ ctia
Czech: MléÄná dráha f
Danish: Mælkevejen
Dutch: melkweg f
Esperanto: galaksio, laktovojo
Estonian: Linnutee
Finnish: Linnunrata
French: Voie Lactée f
German: MilchstraÃe f, Galaxis f
Greek: ο Î³Î±Î»Î±Î¾Î¯Î±Ï (oh galaxÃas) m
Hebrew: he-translation|ש××× ××××|shvÃl hekhaláv m
Hungarian: Tejút, Tejútrendszer
Indonesian: Bimasakti, Bima Sakti
Interlingua: Via Lactee
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Italian: Via Lattea f
Japanese: 天ã®å· (ãã¾ã®ãã, amanogawa)
Korean: ìíì (eunhasoo)
Persian: را٠شÛØ±Û (rahe shiri)
Polish: Droga Mleczna f
Portuguese: Via Láctea f
Romanian: Calea Lactee f
Russian: ÐлеÑнÑй пÑÑÑ
Scottish Gaelic: Sgrìob Chlann Uis f, Slighe Chlann Uisnich f
Spanish: Via Lactea
Swedish: Vintergatan
Tupinambá: Tapi'irapé (lit. "tapir's way")
Welsh: Y Llwybr Llaethog
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ttbc|Latin: galactia f, orbis lacteus f
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ttbc|Novial: galaxie
Related terms
galactic
extragalactic
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