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GALAXY , properly the MILKY WAY, from the See also:Greek name o yaXaEias, .sc . KuKAos, fromyaXa, See also:milk, cf. the See also:Lat. via lactea (see See also:STAR) . The word is more generally employed in its figurative or transferred sense, to describe a gathering of brilliant or distinguished persons or See also:objects . |
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