English
Noun
spiral galaxy (plural spiral galaxies)
- (astronomy) A galaxy consisting of a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the center containing older ones.
- Synonym: whirlpool galaxy
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galaxy having a number of arms
- Arabic: مَجَرَة حَلَزُونِيَّة f (majara ḥalazūniyya)
- Egyptian Arabic: مجرة حلزونية f (magarra ḥalazuuniya)
- Bulgarian: спира́лна гала́ктика f (spirálna galáktika)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 螺旋星系 (luóxuán xīngxì)
- Dutch: spiraalstelsel n
- Esperanto: spirala galaksio
- Finnish: kierteisgalaksi (fi)
- French: galaxie spirale f
- Hindi: सर्पिल मंदाकिनी f (sarpil mandākinī)
- Italian: galassia spirale f
- Japanese: 渦巻銀河 (ja) (uzumaki ginga)
- Korean: 나선은하 (ko) (naseoneunha)
- Russian: спира́льная гала́ктика f (spirálʹnaja galáktika)
- Serbo-Croatian: спирална галаксија f (spiralna galaksija)
- Sindhi: گھنڊيدار ڪهڪشان f
- Thai: ดาราจักรชนิดก้นหอย (daa-raa-jàk chá-nít gôn-hɔ̌i)
- Turkish: sarmal galaksi, sarmal gök ada
- Vietnamese: thiên hà xoắn ốc
- Welsh: galaeth droellog f
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