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Galaxy

GALAXY, properly the Milky Way, from the Greek name , sc. , from , milk, cf. the Lat. via lactea (see Star). The word is more generally employed in its figurative or transferred sense, to describe a gathering of brilliant or distinguished persons or objects.

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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