"NGC" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: NGCs [plural], N.G.C. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|NGCs}} NGC (plural NGCs)
  1. Initialism of National Gallery of Canada. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Gallery of Canada
    Sense id: en-NGC-en-name-t~99Bl8b
  2. (video games) Initialism of Nintendo GameCube. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Nintendo GameCube Synonyms: Dreyer Synonyms (Nintendo GameCube): GCN, GC Related terms: GC [astronomy, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-NGC-en-name-XOBn6Viq Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Video games, Nintendo Disambiguation of Nintendo: 5 95 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'Nintendo GameCube': 1 99

Proper name [Translingual]

Forms: N.G.C. [alternative], N. G. C. [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun}} NGC
  1. (astronomy) Initialism of New General Catalogue (a catalogue of deep-sky objects), used as a prefix for entries in this catalogue. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: New General Catalogue (extra: (a catalogue of deep-sky objects), used as a prefix for entries in this catalogue) Synonyms: Dreyer Related terms: Wikipedia list of NGC objects Coordinate_terms (J.L.E. Dreyer's New General Catalogue): IC (english: Index Catalogue)
    Sense id: en-NGC-mul-name-mul:Catalogue Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Astronomy, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 22 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 16 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 22 62 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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