galaxy

Definitions

1. The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
   archaic
2. The Milky Way Galaxy.
   dated, proscribed
3. Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
4. An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.
   figuratively
5. Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.

Equivalents

52 more languages

العربيةالمجرةمجرة

Българскигалактика

Bosanskigalaksijagalaktikaгалаксијагалактика+ 1 more

Catalàgalàxia

Češtinagalaxie

Cymraeggalaeth

Danskgalakse

Ελληνικάγαλαξίας

Esperantogalaksio

Eestigalaktika

فارسیکهکشان

Suomigalaksilinnunratatähtikunta

Gaeilgeréaltra

Galegogalaxia

עבריתגלקסיה

हिन्दीमंदाकिनी

Hrvatskigalaksijagalaktikaгалаксијагалактика+ 1 more

Magyarcsillagvárosgalaxis

Հայերենգալակտիկա

Bahasa Indonesiagalaksi

Íslenskastjörnuþokavetrarbraut

Italianogalassia

日本語星雲銀河銀河系

ქართულიგალაქტიკა

Қазақ тілігалактика

ភាសាខ្មែរកាឡាក់ស៊ីចក្ររាសីតារាវលី

한국어미리내은하은하계

Kurdîgalaksî

Latinagalaxias

Lietuviųgalaktika

Latviešugalaktika

Македонскигалаксија

Монголгалактик

Bahasa Melayucakerawalagalaksi

မြန်မာဂယ်လက်ဆီ

Nederlandssterrenstelsel

Polskigalaktyka

Portuguêsgaláxia

Românăgalaxie

Русскийгалактика

Slovenčinagalaxia

Shqipgalaktikëyllplimje

Српскиgalaksijagalaktikaгалаксијагалактика+ 1 more

Svenskagalax

Kiswahiligalaksi

ไทยกาแล็กซีดาราจักร

Tagalogsanlibutan

Türkçegalaksigök ada

Українськагалактика

اردوکہکشاں

O'zbekchagalaktika

Tiếng ViệtNgân Hàthiên hà

Examples

“So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].”

“Grecian imagination ascribed to the galaxy or milky way an origin in the teeming breast of the queen of heaven[.]”

“[a] galaxy of science fiction stars.”

“Her walls and ceiling were covered with galaxy wallpaper; it was like⟳ stepping into space.”

“Her nerdy glasses sat perched on her face⟳, and she wore a May the Force⟳ Be With You T-shirt with a black lace skirt, galaxy leggings, and a pair of white Star Wars Vans.”

“She hurriedly said that she found an^([sic]) faded galaxy blanket. She loved galaxy patterned things.”

“See⟳ yonder, lo, the Galaxyë / Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, / For hit is whyt.”

“So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie […]”

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