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dwarf galaxy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: galàxia nana — small galaxy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 矮星系 (ǎixīngxì) — small galaxy
  • Esperanto: nana galaksio — small galaxy
  • Finnish: kääpiögalaksi — small galaxy
  • French: galaxie naine — small galaxy
  • Galician: galaxia anana — small galaxy
  • German: Zwerggalaxie — small galaxy
  • Hindi: बौनी मंदाकिनी (baunī mandākinī) — small galaxy
  • Hungarian: törpegalaxis — small galaxy
  • Italian: galassia nana — small galaxy
  • Japanese: 矮小銀河 (waishō ginga) — small galaxy
  • Korean: 왜소은하 (waeso'eunha) — small galaxy
  • Polish: galaktyka karłowata — small galaxy
  • Portuguese: galáxia anã — small galaxy
  • Russian: ка́рликовая гала́ктика (kárlikovaja galáktika) — small galaxy
  • Serbo-Croatian: патуљаста галаксија (patuljasta galaksija) — small galaxy
  • Spanish: galaxia enana — small galaxy
  • Swedish: dvärggalax — small galaxy
  • Turkish: cüce gökada — small galaxy