galaxy - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

ikarangi

1. (noun) galaxy.

Ko Te Mangōroa te ingoa o tō tātou ikarangi e noho nei a Tamanuiterā me Papatūānuku (RP 2009:224). / The Milky Way is the name of our galaxy containing the Sun and Earth (RP 2009:224).

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uruwhetū

1. (noun) galaxy.

Tīoreore

1. (personal noun) Large Magellanic Cloud - diffuse, luminous patch in the southern sky and a satellite of the Milky Way, now known to be a galaxy containing perhaps 10,000 million stars.

Synonyms: Pātari-rangi

Whakaruruhau, Te

1. (personal name) Magellanic Clouds - diffuse luminous regions of the southern sky now known to be galaxies containing millions of stars.

Synonyms: Ngā Pātari

Tīkatakata

1. (personal noun) Small Magellanic Cloud - a diffuse luminous patch in the southern sky and a satellite of the Milky Way, now known to be one of the small irregular galaxies that are closest to our own containing perhaps 2,000 million stars.

Pātari-kaihau

1. (personal noun) Small Magellanic Cloud - diffuse, luminous patch in the southern sky and a satellite of the Milky Way, now known to be a galaxy containing perhaps 2,000 million stars.

Kōkōtea

1. (personal name) large Magellanic Cloud - a mini-galaxy and a satellite of the Milky Way containing perhaps 10,000 million stars.

Ngā Pātari

1. (personal noun) Magellanic Clouds - two diffuse luminous patches in the southern sky, now known to be small irregular galaxies that are closest to our own.

I tētahi pō ka titiro ia ki te pō tū i waho i Te Omanga e tāruru ana, ki Te Ika-o-te-rangi me Ngā Pātari, ki te tae pūkohu tataiore e taipua ana i ngā maunga (JPS 1911:17). / One night he looked at the clouds beyond Te Omanga, resting close and compact, at the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds, at the flakes of mist running together and settling in masses on the mountains.

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Manakotea

1. (personal noun) Light Magellanic cloud, one of two diffuse luminous regions of the southern sky now known to be a galaxy and a satellite of the Milky Way containing perhaps 10,000 million stars.

Pātari-rangi

1. (personal noun) Large Magellanic Cloud - a diffuse, luminous patch in the southern sky and a satellite of the Milky Way, now known to be a galaxy containing perhaps 10,000 million stars.