Maya priests learned much about astronomy.
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Astronomy
//əˈstɹɑn.ə.mi//
Synonyms for "astronomy" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
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10 entriesderived from
1 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
5 entriesmeronym
10 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
163 translations across 114 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sterrekunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Albanian
1 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Amharic
1 entries- ሥነ ፈለክ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀστρονομία noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Arabic
2 entries- عِلْم الْفَلَك noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- فَلَك noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Armenian
1 entries- աստղագիտություն noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Aromanian
1 entries- astrunumii noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܐܲܣܛܪܘܿܢܘܿܡܝܼܵܐ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Asturian
1 entries- astronomía noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Aymara
1 entries- alaxpacha yänakata noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- astronomiya noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Basque
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Steankunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Belarusian
1 entries- астрано́мія noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Bengali
2 entries- জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- জ্যোতির্বিদ্যা noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Breton
1 entries- steredoniezh noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Bulgarian
1 entries- астроно́мия noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Burmese
1 entries- နက္ခတ္တဗေဒ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Catalan
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئەستێرەناسی noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Chinese
1 entries- 天文學 /天文学 noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 天文學 /天文学 noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 天文學 /天文学 noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Cornish
1 entries- steronieth noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Czech
2 entries- astronomie noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- hvězdářství noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Danish
1 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Dinka
1 entries- ŋiɛ̈ckanhial noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Dutch
2 entries- astronomie noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- sterrenkunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Esperanto
1 entries- astronomio noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Estonian
2 entries- astronoomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- täheteadus noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Faroese
1 entries- stjørnufrøði noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Finnish
2 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- tähtitiede noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
French
1 entries- astronomie noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Galician
1 entries- astronomía noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Georgian
1 entries- ასტრონომია noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
German
3 entries- Astronomie noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- Himmelskunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- Sternkunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Greek
1 entries- αστρονομία noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Gujarati
2 entries- ખગોળ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ખગોળશાસ્ત્ર noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- astwonomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kilo hōkū noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַסְטְרוֹנוֹמְיָה noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Hindi
1 entries- खगोल शास्त्र noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Hungarian
2 entries- asztronómia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- csillagászat noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Icelandic
1 entries- stjörnufræði noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Indonesian
3 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ilmu falak noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ilmu perbintangan noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Interlingua
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Inuktitut
2 entries- ᓯᓚᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Irish
1 entries- réalteolaíocht noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Italian
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Japanese
1 entries- 天文学 noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Javanese
1 entries- Astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Kalmyk
1 entries- астроном noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Kannada
1 entries- ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Kazakh
2 entries- астрономия noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- жұлдызтану noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Khmer
2 entries- តារាសាស្ត្រ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- នក្ខត្តយោគ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Korean
1 entries- 천문학 noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- астрономия noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Lak
1 entries- ціурттал элму noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Lao
2 entries- ດາຣາສາດ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ດາລາສາດ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Latin
2 entries- astrologia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Latvian
1 entries- astronomija noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Limburgish
1 entries- starekunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Lingala
1 entries- mambí ma nzɔ́tɔ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Lithuanian
1 entries- astronomija noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Macedonian
1 entries- астрономија noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Malagasy
1 entries- astrônômia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Malay
4 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ilmu falak noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- kaji bintang noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- perbintangan noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജ്യോതിഃശാസ്ത്രം noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Maltese
1 entries- astronomija noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Manx
1 entries- rollageydys noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Mongolian
4 entries- астрономи noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- одон орон noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- одон орон судлал noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠣᠨᠣᠮᠢ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Māori
2 entries- mātai arorangi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- tātai arorangi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Navajo
1 entries- sǫʼ naalkaah noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Norman
1 entries- astronomie noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- ezmannasî noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- stêrnasî noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- stêrnasî noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- stjernelære noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- stjernekunne noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- stjernelære noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Occitan
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Old English
1 entries- tungolcræft noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Pashto
3 entries- ستاره شناسي noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ستورپوهنه noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- نجوم noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Persian
4 entries- اخترشناسی noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- اخترماری noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ستارهشناسی noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- نجوم noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Polish
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Portuguese
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Romanian
1 entries- astronomie noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Romansch
1 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Russian
1 entries- астроно́мия noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Sanskrit
1 entries- खगोलशास्त्रम् noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- reul-eòlas noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- astronòmija noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- zvjezdoznánstvo noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- астроно̀мија noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- звјездозна́нство noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Sindhi
2 entries- نَجمِيات noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- نَجمِيات noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Sinhalese
1 entries- තාරකා විද්යාව noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Slovak
2 entries- astronómia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- hvezdárstvo noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Slovene
1 entries- astronomija noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Sotho
1 entries- bolepi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Spanish
1 entries- astronomía noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Swahili
2 entries- astronomia noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- falaki noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Swedish
1 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Tagalog
2 entries- astronomiya noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- dalubtalaan noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Tajik
3 entries- ахтаршиносӣ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- нуҷум noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- ситорашиносӣ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Tamil
2 entries- வானவியல் noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- வானியல் noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Tatar
1 entries- астрономия noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Thai
1 entries- ดาราศาสตร์ noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Turkish
2 entries- astronomi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- gök bilimi noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Turkmen
1 entries- astronomiýa noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Ukrainian
1 entries- астроно́мія noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- hwězdarstwo noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Urdu
2 entries- فلکیات noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
- نجمیات noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاسترونومىيە noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Uzbek
1 entries- astronomiya noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thiên văn học noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Volapük
1 entries- stelav noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Welsh
1 entries- seryddiaeth noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
West-Frisian
1 entries- stjerrekunde noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַסטראָנאָמיע noun (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere)
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What interests me greatly is astronomy.
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I learned much about astronomy from him.
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Astronomy is the science of the universe.
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