Milky Way

See also: Milky-Way

English

Etymology

A calque of Latin Via Lactea, referring to its appearance as a pale band of stars across the sky.

Proper noun

Milky Way

(astronomy) The Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy in which Earth is located; extension of the night sky phenomenon.
(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.

Synonyms

(galaxy): Milky Way Galaxy, Galaxy, Local Galaxy
(nebulosity): 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 Katʿin)
Asturian: Camín de Santiago m
Azerbaijani: Süd Yolu
Bashkir: Ҡош Юлы (Qoš Yulï)
Basque: Esne Bidea
Belarusian: Мле́чны Шлях m (Mljéčny Šljax)
Bengali: আকাশগঙ্গা (akashgônga)
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 (zh), 银河系 (zh) (Yínhéxì)
Chukchi: Чыгэйвээм (Čygėjvėėm)
Chuvash: Хуркайӑк çулӗ (Hurkajăk çulĕ)
Cornish: Hyns Sen Jamys f
Crimean Tatar: Kâbe Yolu
Czech: Mléčná dráha (cs) f
Danish: Mælkevejen
Dutch: Melkweg
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, Galaxis (de) f
Greek: Γαλαξίας (el) m (Galaxías)
Hebrew: שביל החלב‎‎ (he) m (sh'víl ha'khaláv)
Hiligaynon: Balatas
Hindi: आकाशगंगा (hi) f (ākāśgãṅgā)
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)
Kazakh: Құс жолы (Qus jolı)
Korean: 우리 은하 (uri eunha), 은하 (ko) (eunha), 은하수 (ko) (eunhasu)
Kyrgyz: Кой Жолу (Koy Colu), Саманчы Жол (Samançı Col), Куш Жолу (Kuş Colu)
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 (Tengerijn 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 (def. form), Calea Laptelui f (def. form)
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
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 (Rohi Kahkašon)
Tatar: Каз Юлы (Qaz Yulı)
Telugu: నక్షత్రవీధి (te) (nakṣatravīdhi)
Thai: ทางช้างเผือก (taang cháang pèuak)
Turkish: Samanyolu (tr)
Tuvan: Дээр оруу (Däär oruu)
Ukrainian: Чума́цький Шлях m (Čumácʹkyj Šljax)
Uzbek: Somon yoʻli
Vietnamese: Ngân Hà (vi)
Walloon: Voye Sint-Djåke (wa) f
Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog m

light in night sky

Armenian: Ծիր Կաթին (Cir Katʿin), Հարդագողի ճանապարհ (Hardagołi čanaparh)
Bashkir: Ҡош Юлы (Qoš Yulï)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 銀河 (zh), 银河 (zh) (Yínhé)
Classical Nahuatl: citlālīcue
Cornish: Hyns Sen Jamys f
Crimean Tatar: Kâbe Yolu
Czech: Mléčná dráha (cs) f
Egyptian:

(msqt-sḥdw f)
Estonian: Linnutee
Finnish: Linnunrata (fi)
French: voie lactée (fr) f
Galician: Vía Láctea (gl) f
German: Milchstraße (de) f
Hebrew: שביל החלב‎‎ (he) m (sh'víl ha'khaláv)
Icelandic: vetrarbraut (is) f
Irish: Bealach na Bó Finne m, Claí Mór na Réaltaí m, An Láir Bhán f

Italian: ^{(please verify)} la Via Lattea f
Japanese: 天の川 (ja) (あまのがわ, amanogawa)
Latvian: Piena Ceļš m
Macedonian: Мле́чен Пат m (Mléčen Pat), Ку́мова Сла́ма f (Kúmova Sláma)
Manx: Raad Mooar Ree Gorree m
Mongolian: Тэнгэрийн заадас (Tengerijn zaadas)
Navajo: Yikáísdáhí
Norman: Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques m pl (Jersey)
Old English: Īringes weġ m
Portuguese: Caminho de Santiago m
Romanian: Calea Lactee f, Calea Laptelui f
Russian: Мле́чный Путь (ru) m (Mléčnyj Putʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: Geal-Shruth nan Speur m
Swedish: Vintergatan (sv) c
Tajik: роҳи каҳкашон (rohi kahkašon)
Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} laktovojo
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Bimasakti (id), ^{(please verify)} Bima Sakti
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} Via Lactee
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 은하수 (ko) (eunhasu)

Latin: ^{(please verify)} orbis lacteus f
Tupinambá: (lit. "tapir's way") ^{(please verify)} Tapi'irapé
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Y Llwybr Llaethog

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