# Local Group

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

## Etymology
By proprialization from local group; coined by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1936.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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