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.
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 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 ҫулӗ (Hurkajăk 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), Galaksi
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 (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)
Kashubian: Mlecznô Droga f
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
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 (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)
Bouyei: dahhaaic
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
Dzongkha: སྐར་ཚོགས (skar tshogs)
Egyptian:

(msqt-sḥdw f)
Estonian: Linnutee
Finnish: Linnunrata (fi)
French: voie lactée (fr) f
Galician: Vía Láctea (gl) f, camiño real m, Camiño de Santiago m
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)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog m
Zhuang: dahmbwn

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

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

Milky Way

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