銀河団

Etymology

銀河 (ginga, “galaxy”) +‎ 団 (dan, “team”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぎんが​だん [gìńgáꜜdàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩŋɡa̠dã̠ɴ]

Noun

銀河団 (hiragana ぎんがだん, rōmaji gingadan)

1. (astronomy) a galaxy cluster
   • 2002 September 30 [Sep 25 1996], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太たと銀ぎん河が超特急エクスプレス [Nobita and the Galaxy Express] (大長編ドラえもん; 16), volume 16 (fiction, in Japanese), 20th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 40:

     無 (む)数 (すう)の銀 (ぎん)河 (が)団 (だん)が大 (だい)宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう)のすみずみにまでちらばっています。

     Musū no gingadan ga daiuchū no sumizumi ni made chirabatteimasu.

     Countless galaxy clusters scatter across every corner in the cosmos.