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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Laniakea en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌlɑːni.əˈkeɪ.ə/

Etymology

From Hawaiian lani (“heaven”) + ākea (“spacious, immeasurable”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
    • Meronyms: Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster
    • Holonym: Universe

Descendants

Laniakea

Relateds

SCl (Nouns instantiated by Laniakea) · SCG (Nouns instantiated by Laniakea) · SClG (Nouns instantiated by Laniakea) · SC (Nouns instantiated by Laniakea) · supercluster (Nouns instantiated by Laniakea)

Synonyms

LS · LSC · Local Supercluster

wikidata: Q17863945