The word “galaxy” evokes a sense of wonder and curiosity about the vastness of the universe. Just like the word “yes,” the term for “galaxy” varies greatly across different languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “galaxy” is expressed in 70 different languages from around the world.
Here is a list of how to say “galaxy” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Galaktikë | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-tee-kuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مجرة (Majarra) | Pronunciation: Ma-jar-ra
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – գալակտիկա (Galaktika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lak-ti-kah
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Qalaktika | Pronunciation: Qah-lahk-tee-kah
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Galaxia | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Галактыка (Halaktyka) | Pronunciation: Ha-lahk-tee-kah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – গ্যালাক্সি (Gyālākśi) | Pronunciation: Gya-lak-si
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Galaksija | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-yah
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Галактика (Galaktika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Galàxia | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-ah
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Galaxie | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-eh
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Galakse | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-seh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Melkwegstelsel | Pronunciation: Melk-weg-stel-sel
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Galaxy | Pronunciation: Gal-uhk-see
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Galaktika | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – کهکشان (Kahkeshān) | Pronunciation: Kah-keh-shahn
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- French (🇫🇷) – Galaxie | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გალაქტიკა (Galakt’ika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-tee-kah
- German (🇩🇪) – Galaxie | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γαλαξίας (Galaxías) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-ahs
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – גלקסיה (Galaksiya) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-yah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – आकाशगंगा (Aakaashganga) | Pronunciation: Ah-kahsh-gahn-ga
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Galaxis | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-sis
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Vetrarbraut | Pronunciation: Veh-trahr-browt
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Réaltra | Pronunciation: Rayl-trah
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Galassia | Pronunciation: Gah-lahss-ee-ah
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 銀河 (Ginga) | Pronunciation: Geen-gah
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Галактика (Galaktika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ផ្កាយតារា (Pkaai Dara) | Pronunciation: Pkaai Dah-rah
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 은하 (Eunha) | Pronunciation: Oon-ha
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Галактика (Galaktika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ກາລັກຊີ (Galak-si) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Galaktika | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Galaktika | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Galaxis | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-sis
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Галаксија (Galaksija) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-yah
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Galassja | Pronunciation: Gah-lahss-yah
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 星系 (Xīngxì) | Pronunciation: Sheeng-shee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – आकाशगंगा (Aakaashganga) | Pronunciation: Ah-kahsh-gahn-ga
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Галактик (Galaktik) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-tik
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – गैलेक्सी (Gaileksī) | Pronunciation: Gai-lek-see
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Galakse | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-seh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – کهکشان (Kahkeshān) | Pronunciation: Kah-keh-shahn
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Galaktyka | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Galáxia | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-ah
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Galaxie | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-eh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Галактика (Galaktika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Галаксија (Galaksija) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-yah
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ගැලැක්සිය (Gælæksiya) | Pronunciation: Ga-læk-see-yah
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Galaxia | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-ah
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Galaksija | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-yah
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Galaxia | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see-ah
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Galax | Pronunciation: Gah-lahks
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Галактика (Galaktika) | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – விண்மீன் | Pronunciation: Vinmeen
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఆకాశగంగ (Aakāshagangā) | Pronunciation: Ah-kah-sha-gang-ah
- Thai (🇹🇭) – กาแล็กซี (Gā-láek-sī) | Pronunciation: Gah-læck-see
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Galaksi | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-see
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Галактика (Halaktyka) | Pronunciation: Ha-lahk-ti-kah
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – کہکشاں (Kahkashān) | Pronunciation: Kah-keh-shahn
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Galaktika | Pronunciation: Gah-lahk-ti-kah
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Thiên hà | Pronunciation: Tee-ehn-hah
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Galaeth | Pronunciation: Gah-layth
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isiphuphutheki | Pronunciation: Ee-see-poo-poo-the-kee
