Local Group

English

Etymology

By proprialization from local group; coined by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1936.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Local Group

2. (astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

   Holonyms: Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe

   Meronyms: Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy; (others) Andromeda Galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud, M110, M32, Triangulum Galaxy, Small Magellanic Cloud

Related terms

• Local Arm
• Local Bubble
• Local Fluff
• Local Supercluster, LSC, LS
• Local Void
• Local Wall

Translations

cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本星系群 (zh) (Běn Xīngxìqún)

• Dutch: Lokale Groep m or f
• Estonian: Kohalik galaktikarühm
• Finnish: Paikallinen ryhmä (fi)
• French: Groupe local (fr) m
• Georgian: ადგილობრივი ჯგუფი (adgilobrivi ǯgupi)
• German: Lokale Gruppe (de) f
• Hindi: स्थानीय समूह m (sthānīya samūh)
• Japanese: 局部銀河群 (きょくぶぎんがぐん, kyokubu gingagun)
• Korean: 국부은하군(局部銀河群) (gukbueunhagun)
• Polish: Grupa Lokalna Galaktyk f, Grupa Lokalna f, Układ Lokalny m
• Spanish: Grupo Local m
• Turkish: Yerel Grup
• Vietnamese: nhóm Địa phương

Further reading

• Local Group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia