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Etymology
From Gr. γαλαξία�, 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)

1. 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).
2. our Milky Way galaxy
3. 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«Ö�Õ¯Õ¡Õ©Õ«Õ¶ (tsirkatin)
Catalan: galàxia
Czech: galaxie f
Danish: galakse
Dutch: sterrenstelsel n
Esperanto: galaksio
Estonian: galaktika
Finnish: galaksi
French: galaxie f
German: Galaxie f
Greek: γαλαξία� (galaxías) m
Hebrew: he-translation|��קס��|galáksia|wv=�ָּ�ַקְסְ�ָ� f
Hungarian: galaxis, csillagváros
Indonesian: galaksi
Interlingua: galaxia
Italian: galassia f
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Japanese: �河 (���, gin-ga), �河系 (�����, ginga-kei)
Korean: �� (eunha), ��� (eunhagye)
Latvian: galaktika f
Maltese: galassja f
Persian: ���شا� (kahkeshan)
Polish: galaktyka f
Portuguese: galáxia f
Romanian: galaxie f
Russian: галак�ика 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 Làctia
Czech: Mlé�ná dráha f
Danish: Mælkevejen
Dutch: melkweg f
Esperanto: galaksio, laktovojo
Estonian: Linnutee
Finnish: Linnunrata
French: Voie Lactée f
German: Milchstra�e f, Galaxis f
Greek: ο γαλαξία� (oh galaxías) m
Hebrew: he-translation|ש��� ����|shvíl hekhaláv m
Hungarian: Tejút, Tejútrendszer
Indonesian: Bimasakti, Bima Sakti
Interlingua: Via Lactee
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Italian: Via Lattea f
Japanese: 天�� (�����, amanogawa)
Korean: ��� (eunhasoo)
Persian: را� ش�ر� (rahe shiri)
Polish: Droga Mleczna f
Portuguese: Via Láctea f
Romanian: Calea Lactee f
Russian: �ле�н�й п���
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

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