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gal⋅ax⋅y
[gal-uh
k-see]
–noun, plural -ax⋅ies.
| 1. | Astronomy.
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| 2. | any large and brilliant or impressive assemblage of persons or things: a galaxy of opera stars. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME galaxie, galaxias < ML galaxia, galaxias, ult. < Gk galaxías kýklos the Milky Way; see galacto-
1350–1400; ME galaxie, galaxias < ML galaxia, galaxias, ult. < Gk galaxías kýklos the Milky Way; see galacto-

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Galaxy
Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. Galaxies. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? circle), fr. ?, ?, milk; akin to L. lac. Cf. Lacteal.]1. (Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. --Nichol. 2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
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Language Translation for : galaxy
Spanish:
galaxia,
German:
die Galaxie,
Japanese:
銀河
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galaxy
c.1384, from L.L. galaxias "Milky Way," from Gk. galaxis (adj.), from gala (gen. galaktos) "milk" (see lactation). The technical astronomical sense emerged 1848. Fig. sense of "brilliant assembly of persons" is from 1590. Milky Way is a translation of L. via lactea.
"See yonder, lo, the Galaxyë Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, For hit is whyt." [Chaucer, "House of Fame"]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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