Nuages de Magellan

== French == === Etymology === nuage +‎ de +‎ Magellan. Named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. From the cloud-like appearance of the Magellanic Clouds (“Nuages de Magellan”), discovered on the circumnavigation of the world voyage of discovery headed up by Magellan during the Age of Exploration. ==== Alternative forms ==== nuages de Magellan === Proper noun === Nuages de Magellan m Magellanic Clouds: A grouping of galaxies, a galaxy subgroup, a satellite grouping to the Milky Way Subgroup, in the Local Group of Galaxies. ==== Meronyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ====