Silvery River

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English

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 銀河 (yínhé).

Proper noun

Silvery River

  1. (mythology, astronomy) the Milky Way, the night sky visual phenomenon caused by dense regions of the Milky Way Galaxy appearing nebulous (generally found when referring to East Asians in a historical context, situated in East Asia)

Synonyms

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