Large Magellanic Cloud

English

The LMC

Proper noun

the Large Magellanic Cloud

1. (astronomy) A particular dwarf irregular galaxy, the largest satellite of Milky Way.

Synonyms

• LMC (abbreviation)
• Nubecula Major (obsolete)

Translations

largest satellite of Milky Way

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大麥哲倫雲／大麦哲伦云, 大麥哲倫星系／大麦哲伦星系

• Finnish: Suuri Magellanin pilvi (fi)
• Georgian: მაგელანის დიდი ნისლეული (magelanis didi nisleuli)
• Italian: Grande Nube di Magellano f
• Japanese: 大マゼラン雲 (dai mazeran un), 大マゼラン星雲 (dai mazeran seiun), 大マゼラン銀河 (dai mazeran ginga), 大マジェラン雲 (dai majeran un)
• Korean: 대마젤란운 (daemajellanun)
• Maori: Pātari-rangi, Tīoreore, Kōkōtea, Manakotea
• Polish: Wielki Obłok Magellana m
• Pukapukan: Maawu Tonga
• Serbo-Croatian: Велики Магеланов облак m (Veliki Magelanov oblak)
• Swedish: Stora magellanska molnet n

See also

• Small Magellanic Cloud
• Magellanic Clouds

Further reading

• “Large Magellanic Cloud”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Large Magellanic Cloud”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.