'Galaxy' may be defined as follows:
NOUN
1) the extensive spiral-shaped cloud of stars, gas, and dust containing the Earth and seen as a luminous band stretching across the night sky; the Milky Way
2) another extensive spiral-shaped, elliptical-shaped, or irregular-shaped cloud of stars, gas, and dust outside the Milky Way
3) any group of famous people or celebrities
A spiral galaxy.
An Irregular Galaxy is a galaxy that has no shape or form as defined by the classes of the "Hubble sequence" An Amorphous galaxy is a galaxy that has neither spiral nor elliptical in shape as defined by "The Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". See related links for pictorial representation
Extragalactic
Another word for galaxy is "star system" or "stellar system."
A galaxy is a single vast interstellar region held together by a huge gravitational field.
A grand design spiral galaxy (like Whirlpool Galaxy) has prominent and well defined spiral arms, whereas a flocculent galaxy (like Sunflower Galaxy) has short segments of spiral structure, "fluffy" in appearance, but without the dramatic well defined spiral arms of a grand design spiral.
Nakshatra Mandal
This is "galaxie" pronounced "galaxi"
Galaxy = la galaxia
The Galaxy, or Milky Way, is from the the Greek word for milk. The word galaxy is Greek and means 'milky circle' aka Milky Way.
There is no evidence that our GALAXY is expanding. Are you confusing the word galaxy with the word universe - if so they are NOT the same thing.
It comes from the Greek word for milk, Γάλα. ANSWER: Galaxy comes from the Greek word, 'gala,' meaning 'milk'. Galaxy means "milky," which is what the star clusters appear to look like.