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Laniakea

American  
[luh-nahy-uh-kee-uh] / ləˌnaɪ əˈki ə /

noun

Astronomy.

  1. a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.

Etymology

Origin of Laniakea

2014; Hawaiian: immeasurable (or immense) heaven

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