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Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Borrowing from Old French astronomie Latin astronomia Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία astronomía ), from ἄστρον ástron , “ star ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr “ star ” ) + νόμος nómos , “ arranging, regulating ” ), related to νέμω némō , “ I deal out ” ). Surface analysis astro- -nomy
astronomy (plural astronomies
The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere , including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
Usage notes [ edit ]
The study of the physical processes which control matter and energy in the universe is commonly called astrophysics . The investigation of the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe itself is called cosmology .
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study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere
Afrikaans: Sterrekunde
Albanian: astronomi (sq)
Arabic: فلك علم الفلك m 'ilm al-falak )
Armenian: աստղագիտություն astłagitutʿyun )
Asturian: astronomía f
Aymara: alaxpacha yänakata
Basque: astronomia (eu)
Bavarian: Steankunde
Belarusian: астрано́мія astranómija )
Bengali: জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা (bn)
Breton: steredoniezh f
Bulgarian: астроно́мия f astronómija )
Catalan: astronomia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 天文學 天文学 tin1 man4 hok6 )
Mandarin: 天文學 天文学 (zh) (tiānwénxué )
Min Nan: 天文學 thian-bûn-ha̍k )
Cornish: steronieth
Czech: hvězdářství n astronomie (cs) f
Dutch: astronomie (nl) f sterrenkunde (nl) f
Estonian: astronoomia (et) , täheteadus
Faroese: stjørnufrøði f
Finnish: tähtitiede (fi) , astronomia (fi)
French: astronomie (fr) f
Galician: astronomía (gl) f
Georgian: ასტრონომია astronomia )
German: Astronomie (de) f Sternkunde (de)
Alemannic German: Sternkunde
Greek: αστρονομία (el) f astronomía )
Ancient: ἀστρονομία f astronomía )
Guaraní: mbyjakuaa
Gujarati: ખગોળ (gu) (khagōḷ ), ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર khagōḷśāstra )
Haitian Creole: astwonomi
Hawaiian: kilo hōkū
Hebrew: אסטרונומיה (he) f
Hungarian: csillagászat (hu) , asztronómia (hu)
Icelandic: stjörnufræði (is) f
Indonesian: ilmu bintang
Interlingua: astronomia (ia)
Inuktitut: ᓯᓚᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ silasiurniq ), ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅ silarjualiriniq )
Irish: réalteolaíocht (ga) f
Italian: astronomia (it) f
Japanese: 天文学 (ja) (てんもんがく, tenmongaku )
Javanese: Astronomi
Jèrriais: astronomie f
Kabyle: ⵜⴰⵙⵏⴰⴳⴳⵓⵔⵜ tasnaggurt )
Korean: 천문학 (ko) (cheonmunhak ) (天文學 (ko) )
Kurdish: stêrnasî (ku) , ezmannasî
Kurmanji: stêrnasî (ku) f
Lak: цiурттал элму ciurt̄al ə̱lmu )
Latvian: astronomija (lv)
Limburgish: starekunde
Lingala: mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ
Lithuanian: astronomija (lt) f
Malagasy: astrônômia (mg)
Malay: astronomi ilmu falak kaji bintang
Manx: rollageydys
Maori: tātai arorangi
Nahuatl: ilhuicamatiliztli
Navajo: sǫʼ naalkaah
Norwegian: astronomi (no) m
Old English: tunȝolcræft
Persian: نجوم (fa) , ستارهشناسی (fa)
Polish: astronomia (pl) f
Portuguese: astronomia (pt) f
Romanian: astronomie (ro) f
Romansch: astronomia f
Russian: астроно́мия (ru) f astronómija )
Scottish Gaelic: speuradaireachd f reul-eòlas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: астрономија f звјездознанство n
Roman: astronomija (sh) f zvjezdoznanstvo (sh) n
Sindhi: نَجمِيات نَجمِيات najmiyaat )
Sinhalese: තාරකා විද්යාව tārakā vidyāva )
Slovak: hvezdárstvo f astronómia f
Slovene: astronomija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hwězdarstwo
Sotho: bolepi
Spanish: astronomía (es) f
Swahili: falaki (sw)
Swedish: astronomi (sv) c
Tagalog: astronomiya dalubtalaan
Tamil: வானியல் (ta) (vāṉiyal )
Thai: ดาราศาสตร์
Turkish: gökbilim (tr) , astronomi (tr)
Ukrainian: Астроно́мія Astronómija )
Vietnamese: thiên văn học (vi) (天文學
Volapük: stelav (vo)
Welsh: seryddiaeth (cy) f
West Frisian: stjerrekunde (fy) n
Yiddish: אַסטראָנמיע f astronmye )
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