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galaxy

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"Star system"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæl.ək.si/Part of speech nounSorted aaglxyStarts with GEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)

Word origin

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), shortening of γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kúklos, “milky circle”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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