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See also: galaxy
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Proper noun[edit]
the Galaxy
- (astronomy, dated) the Milky Way Galaxy, from before it was realized that the Milky Way was not the only "galaxy"
- 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
- So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie […]
- 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":