English
Etymology
From Middle English Milky Wey , a calque of Latin Via Lactea ( literally “ milky road ” ) , referring to its appearance as a pale band of stars across the sky. Compare also Old English Īringes weġ ( “ Milky Way ” ) , Old Norse Mjólkrhringr ( “ Milky Way ” , literally “ milk-ring, milk-circle ” ) .
Proper noun
Milky Way
( astronomy ) The Milky Way Galaxy , the galaxy in which Earth is located; extension of the night sky phenomenon.
Synonyms: Milky Way Galaxy , Galaxy , Local Galaxy
( astronomy ) A broad band of diffuse white light , visible in the night sky ; our view of the dense portions of the Milky Way Galaxy from inside the galaxy. [from late 14th c.]
Synonyms: Silvery River , Great Sky River
Translations
galaxy
Afrikaans: Melkweg (af)
Albanian: Rruga e Qumështit , Kashta e Kumtrit
Arabic: دَرْب اَلتَّبَّانَة m ( darb at-tabbāna )
Armenian: Ծիր Կաթին ( Cir Katʻin )
Asturian: Camín de Santiago m
Azerbaijani: Süd Yolu
Bashkir: Ҡош Юлы ( Qoş Yulı )
Basque: Esne Bidea
Belarusian: Мле́чны Шлях m ( Mljéčny Šljax )
Bengali: আকাশগঙ্গা ( akaśgoṅga )
Bulgarian: Мле́чен път m ( Mléčen pǎt )
Burmese: နဂါးငွေ့တန်း ဂယ်လက်ဆီ ( na.ga:ngwe.tan: gailakhci ) , နဂါးငွေ့ ( na.ga:ngwe. )
Catalan: la Via Làctia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 銀河系 / 银河系 (zh) ( Yínhéxì ) , 银河系 (zh) ( Yínhéxì )
Chukchi: Чыгэйвээм ( Čygėjvėėm )
Chuvash: Хуркайӑк ҫулӗ ( Hurk̬ajăk śulĕ )
Cornish: Hyns Sen Jamys f
Crimean Tatar: Kâbe Yolu
Czech: Mléčná dráha (cs) f
Danish: Mælkevejen
Dutch: Melkweg
Dzongkha: རྒིལ་འག་སྨེ་ཡེར ( rgil 'ag sme yer )
Esperanto: Lakta Vojo
Estonian: Linnutee
Faroese: vetrarbreyt f , mjólkarvegur m , stjørnubreyt f
Finnish: Linnunrata (fi)
French: Voie lactée (fr) f
Galician: Vía Láctea (gl) f
Georgian: ირმის ნახტომი ( irmis naxṭomi ) , რძიანი გზა ( rʒiani gza ) , ხარის ნავალი ( xaris navali ) , დათვისფეხა ( datvispexa )
German: Milchstraße (de) f
Greek: Γαλαξίας (el) m ( Galaxías )
Hebrew: שביל החלב (he) m ( sh'víl ha'khaláv )
Hiligaynon: Balatas
Hindi: आकाशगंगा (hi) f ( ākāśgaṅgā )
Hungarian: Tejútrendszer (hu) , Tejút (hu)
Icelandic: vetrarbraut (is) f , mjólkurslæða f
Ido: laktovoyo (io)
Indonesian: Bima Sakti
Irish: Bealach na Bó Finne m , Claí Mór na Réaltaí m , An Láir Bhán f
Italian: Via Lattea f
Japanese: 銀河系 (ja) ( ぎんがけい, gingakei ) , 天の川銀河 ( あまのがわぎんが, amanogawa ginga ) , 天河 (ja) ( てんが, Tenga )
Kashubian: Mlecznô Droga f
Kazakh: Құс жолы ( Qūs joly )
Korean: 우리 은하 ( uri eunha ) , 은하 (ko) ( eunha ) , 은하수 (ko) ( eunhasu )
Kyrgyz: Кой Жолу ( Koy Jolu ) , Саманчы Жол ( Samancı Jol ) , Куш Жолу ( Kuş Jolu )
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Lao: ທາງຊ້າງເຜືອກ (lo) ( thāng sāng phư̄ak )
Latin: Via Lactea f
Latvian: Piena Ceļš m
Lezgi: Карванд Рехъ ( Karvand Req )
Lithuanian: Paukščių Takas
Luxembourgish: Mëllechstrooss f
Macedonian: Мле́чен Пат m ( Mléčen Pat ) , Ку́мова Сла́ма f ( Kúmova Sláma )
Malay: Bimasakti
Manx: Raad Mooar Ree Gorree m
Maori: Te Mangōroa , te Ikaroa , Roiata
Mongolian: Тэнгэрийн заадас ( Tengeriin zaadas )
Navajo: yikáísdáhí
Norman: Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques m pl ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Melkeveien m
Nynorsk: Mjølkevegen m
Ossetian: Ӕрфӕныфӕд ( Ærfænyfæd )
Persian: راه شیری ( Râh-e Širi )
Polish: Droga Mleczna (pl) f
Portuguese: a Via Láctea (pt) f
Romanian: Calea Lactee f ( definite )
Russian: Мле́чный Путь (ru) m ( Mléčnyj Putʹ )
Sanskrit: आकाशगङ्गा (sa) f ( ākāśagaṅgā )
Scottish Gaelic: Sgrìob Chlann Uis f , Slighe Chlann Uisnich f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Млечни Пут m , Млијечни Пут m
Roman: Mlečni Put m , Mliječni Put m
Shona: muzvcazi
Silesian: Mlyczno Cesta f
Sinhalese: ක්ෂීරපථය ( kṣīrapathaya )
Slovak: Mliečna cesta f
Slovene: Rimska cesta (sl) f
Spanish: la Vía Láctea (es) f
Swedish: Vintergatan (sv) c
Tagalog: Daang Magatas , Daang Malagatas , Ariwanas
Tajik: Роҳи Каҳкашон ( Roh-i Kahkašon )
Tatar: Каз Юлы ( Qaz Yulı )
Telugu: నక్షత్రవీధి (te) ( nakṣatravīdhi )
Thai: ทางช้างเผือก ( taang cháang pèuak )
Turkish: Samanyolu (tr)
Tuvan: Дээр оруу ( Deer oruu )
Ukrainian: Чума́цький Шлях m ( Čumácʹkyj Šljax )
Uzbek: Somon yoʻli
Vietnamese: Ngân Hà (vi)
Walloon: Voye Sint-Djåke (wa) f
Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog m
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