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say it: GAL-uhk-see
galaxy is a noun meaning "a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
“`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'”
astronomy
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for galaxy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.