The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo Galilei in the 17th century.
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Galilean
Synonyms for "galilean" (16 found)
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Noun(4 words)
galilean adherentgalilean named termsgalilean regionalgalilean satellite
Related words (8)
Noun(8 words)
galilee inhabitantgalilee nativegalilee regiongalilee residentgalileiangalileo supportergalileo'snorthern israel region
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13 entriesGalilean fishermanGalilean peasantGalilean philosopherGalilean scientistgalilean culturegalilean dialectgalilean experimentsgalilean ministrygalilean moonsgalilean observationsgalilean relativitygalilean telescopegalilean transformation
Collocations
10 entriesGalilean eraGalilean fishermanGalilean moonGalilean satellitesGalilean telescopeGalilean transformationgalilean dialectgalilean moonsgalilean regiongalilean relativity
Inflections
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3 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Coptic
1 entries- ⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲟⲥ noun (person from Galilee)
Czech
1 entries- Galilejec noun (person from Galilee)
Finnish
1 entries- galilealainen noun (person from Galilee)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᠠᠯᡳᠯᡳᠶᡝᠶᠠ ᡤᠣᠯᠣᡳ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ noun (person from Galilee)
Polish
2 entries- Galilejczyk noun (person from Galilee)
- Galilejka noun (person from Galilee)
Portuguese
1 entries- galileu noun (person from Galilee)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Galilèach noun (person from Galilee)
Swedish
1 entries- galilé noun (person from Galilee)
Yiddish
1 entries- גלילעער noun (person from Galilee)
Sample sentences
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The four Galilean moons are called: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
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Galileo discovered that the Milky Way is made of many stars and that the Moon has hills. He discovered four moons in orbit around Jupiter, which are now known as the Galilean satellites.
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Callisto, the outermost of the four Galilean moons, has an old surface that is perhaps the most heavily cratered of any object in the solar system.
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