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Word: Galaxy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (originally referring to the Milky Way): via Old French from medieval Latin galaxia, from Greek galaxias (kuklos) ‘milky (vault)’, from gala, galakt- ‘milk’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡaləksi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
Short Definition:system of millions or billions of stars
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