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The word galaxy is derived from Greek , not Latin. The Greeks used the word galaxias (milky one), or galaktikos (milky) orkyklos (circle) because it looks like a lighter colored band in the sky.

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Clusters and stuff.

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Galaxy is derived from the latin word galaxias which means milky.

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