Island universe

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A galaxy archaic, informal

    "Many stories have been invented to account for this milky band of light, but today we know that it is the light of millions and millions of stars making up our “Island Universe” the Milky-Way Galaxy."

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"Many stories have been invented to account for this milky band of light, but today we know that it is the light of millions and millions of stars making up our “Island Universe” the Milky-Way Galaxy."