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galerie
nounB2
/ˈɡæləri/A place or institution for the exhibition and sale of art.
galerie house
nounLow
/ˈɡæləri haʊs/A house with a long, narrow room, often on an upper floor, used as a promenade, for displaying art, or for social gatherings; historically, a house designed with a large, central, gallery-like hall.
galerius
nounVery low frequency (archaic/historical proper noun)
/ɡəˈlɪərɪəs/Proper noun referring to the 4th-century Roman Emperor, Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus.
galesburg
nounProper Noun (Very Low / Geographically Specific)
/ˈɡeɪlzbɜːɡ/The name of a specific city or place, most notably Galesburg, Illinois, USA.
galette
nounC1/C2
/ɡæˈlet/A flat, round pastry, often savoury, originating in France, typically made from a simple dough and baked.
galgal
nounExtremely Rare
/ˈɡalɡal/A confused noise; a hubbub; (archaic) a wheel or a circular motion.
galibi
adjectivenounVery Low
/ˈɡælɪbi/A member of an indigenous people inhabiting parts of northeastern South America, particularly in French Guiana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.
galicia
nounLow
/ɡəˈlɪsɪə/A proper noun referring primarily to a historical region in Central Europe and an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
galician
adjectivenounC2
/ɡəˈlɪsɪən/An adjective relating to the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain, or its people, culture, or language.
galilean
adjectivenounLow
/ˌɡælɪˈleɪən/Relating to Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer and physicist.
galilean satellite
nounC2
/ˌɡalɪˈleɪən ˈsatəlaɪt/One of the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
galilean satellites
plural-nounLow (Specialist/Academic)
/ˌɡælɪˈleɪən ˈsætəlaɪts/The four largest moons of Jupiter, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
galilean telescope
nounVery Low
/ˌɡalɪˈleɪən ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/A type of refracting telescope with a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece lens, producing an upright, non-inverted image.
galilean transformation
nounVery Low (Specialist)
/ˌɡalɪˈleɪən ˌtransfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/In physics, a set of equations that relate the space and time coordinates of events as measured in two different reference frames moving at a constant velocity relative to each other, assuming classical (non-relativistic) mechanics.
galilee
nounC2 / Rare
/ˈɡælɪliː/A northern region in ancient Israel, significant in Biblical history as the place where Jesus conducted much of his ministry.
galileo
nounC1/C2 (Specialist/Very Low Frequency)
/ˌɡælɪˈleɪəʊ/A unit of acceleration equal to one centimeter per second squared (1 Gal = 1 cm/s²), used in geophysics and geology.
galimatias
nounC1/C2 (Very Low Frequency)
/ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪæs/A confused, nonsensical, or meaningless jumble of words or ideas.
galingale
nounVery Rare
/ˈɡalɪŋɡeɪl/A rhizome of certain Asian plants used as a spice, or the plant itself (particularly Cyperus longus).
galinsoga
nounvery low
/ˌɡælɪnˈsəʊɡə/A small, fast-growing annual flowering plant of the daisy family, often considered a pervasive weed in gardens.
galion
nounLow
/ˈɡælɪən/A large, square-rigged sailing vessel of the 15th to 17th centuries, used for war and commerce.

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