Milky Way

See also: Milky-Way

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, hyjplimja
Arabic: دَرْب اَلتَّبَّانَة‎ m (darb at-tabbāna)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܓܢܒܐ‎ m (urkha d-gannāve), ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ‎ m (švīl tevnā)
Armenian: Ծիր Կաթին (Cir Katʿin)
Asturian: Camín de Santiago m
Azerbaijani: Süd Yolu
Bashkir: Ҡош Юлы (Qoş Yulı)
Basque: Esne Bidea
Belarusian: Мле́чны Шлях m (Mljéčny Šljax)
Bengali: আকাশগঙ্গা (bn) (akaśôgôṅga)
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)
Chukchi: Чыгэйвээм (Čygėjvėėm)
Chuvash: Хуркайӑк ҫулӗ (Hurk̬ajăk śulĕ)
Coptic: ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲱϩ m (pimōit ǹte pitōh)
Cornish: Hyns Sen Jamys f
Crimean Tatar: Kâbe Yolu
Czech: Mléčná dráha (cs) f
Danish: Mælkevejen
Dutch: Melkweg (nl)
Dzongkha: རྒིལ་འག་སྨེ་ཡེར (rgil 'ag sme yer)
Esperanto: Lakta Vojo (eo)
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)
Gujarati: દૂધ ગંગા (dūdha gaṅgā), આકાશગંગા f (ākāśgaṅgā)
Hebrew: שביל החלב‎ (he) m (sh'víl ha'khaláv)
Hiligaynon: Balatas
Hindi: आकाशगंगा (hi) f (ākāśgaṅgā), छायापथ (hi) m (chāyāpath), क्षीरपथ m (kṣīrpath), कहकशाँ (hi) m (kahakśā̃)
Hungarian: Tejútrendszer (hu), Tejút (hu)
Icelandic: vetrarbraut (is) f, mjólkurslæða f
Ido: laktovoyo (io)
Indonesian: Bima Sakti
Ingrian: please add this translation if you can
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)
Javanese: ꦧꦶꦩꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (bimasekti)
Kalmyk: please add this translation if you can
Kashubian: Mlecznô Droga f
Kazakh: Құс жолы (Qūs joly)
Khmer: កញ្ចុំផ្កាយជើងភ្នាយ (kɑɑñcompkaaycəəngphniəy)
Korean: 우리 은하 (uri eunha), 은하(銀河) (ko) (eunha), 은하수(銀河水) (ko) (eunhasu)
Kyrgyz: Кой Жолу (Koy Jolu), Саманчы Жол (Samançı Jol), Куш Жолу (Kuş Jolu)
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
Lü: ᦑᦱᧂᦋᦱᧂᧉ (taangtsaang²)
Macedonian: Мле́чен Пат m (Mléčen Pat), Ку́мова Сла́ма f (Kúmova Sláma)
Malagasy: làlana mandronono
Malay: Bimasakti, Bintang Temabur (archaic)
Manx: Raad Mooar Ree Gorree m
Maori: Te Mangōroa, te Ikaroa, Roiata
Mongolian: Тэнгэрийн заадас (Tengeriin zaadas)
Nandi: poit’-ap-kechei
Navajo: yikáísdáhí
Norman: Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques m pl (Jersey)
Northern Sami: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Melkeveien m

Nynorsk: Mjølkevegen m
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Ossetian: Ӕрфӕныфӕд (Ærfænyfæd)
Persian: راه شیری‎ (Râh-e Širi)
Polish: Droga Mleczna (pl) f
Portuguese: Via Láctea (pt) f
Punjabi: ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗੰਗਾ f (ākāśagaṅgā)
Romanian: Calea Lactee f (definite)
Russian: Мле́чный Путь (ru) m (Mléčnyj Putʹ)
Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:आकाशगङ्गा
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
Southern Altai: Кардыҥ јолу (Kardïŋ ǰolu)
Spanish: Vía Láctea (es) f
Swedish: Vintergatan (sv) c
Tagalog: Daang Magatas, Daang Malagatas, Ariwanas, Pulong-Bituin
Tajik: Роҳи Каҳкашон (Rohi Kahkašon)
Tatar: Каз Юлы (Qaz Yulı)
Telugu: నక్షత్రవీధి (te) (nakṣatravīdhi)
Thai: ทางช้างเผือก (th) (taang cháang pèuak)
Turkish: Samanyolu (tr)
Tuvan: Дээр оруу (Deer oruu)
Ukrainian: Чума́цький Шлях m (Čumácʹkyj Šljax)
Uzbek: Somon yoʻli
Vietnamese: Ngân Hà (vi) (銀河)
Walloon: Voye Sint-Djåke (wa) f
Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog m, Bwa'r Gwynt m (archaic)
Yakut: Халлаан Сиигэ (Xallaan Siige)

light in night sky

Armenian: Ծիր Կաթին (Cir Katʿin), Հարդագողի ճանապարհ (Hardagołi čanaparh)
Bashkir: Ҡош Юлы (Qoş Yulı)
Bouyei: dahhaaic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 銀河／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
French: voie lactée (fr) f
Galician: Vía Láctea (gl) f, camiño real m, Camiño de Santiago m (literally “path of Saint James”)
German: Milchstraße (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: γαλαξίας m (galaxías)
Hebrew: שביל החלב‎ (he) m (sh'víl ha'khaláv)
Hindi: आकाशगंगा (hi) f (ākāśgaṅgā), नक्षत्रवीथि (hi) f (nakṣatravīthi), छायापथ (hi) m (chāyāpath), आकाश जनेऊ m (ākāś janeū), क्षीरपथ m (kṣīrpath), कहकशाँ (hi) m (kahakśā̃)
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)
Karok: yumaaréempaah
Khmer: គន្លងដំរីស (kɔɔnlɔɔngdɑmriih)
Latin: Via Lactea f
Lakota: wanáǧi tȟačháŋku
Latvian: Piena Ceļš m
Macedonian: Мле́чен Пат m (Mléčen Pat), Ку́мова Сла́ма f (Kúmova Sláma)
Manx: Raad Mooar Ree Gorree m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Кайыккомбо корно (Kajykkombo korno)
Mongolian: Тэнгэрийн заадас (Tengeriin zaadas)
Navajo: Yikáísdáhí
Norman: Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques m pl (literally “the paths of Saint James”) (Jersey)
Ojibwe: manidoo-miikana
Old English: Īringes weġ m
Portuguese: Via Láctea (pt) f, Caminho de Santiago m (literally “path of Saint James”)
Rapa Nui: Go'e
Romanian: Calea Lactee f, Calea Laptelui f, Drumul Robilor n
Russian: Мле́чный Путь (ru) m (Mléčnyj Putʹ)
Sanskrit: आकाशगङ्गा (sa) f (ākāśagaṅgā)
Scottish Gaelic: Geal-Shruth nan Speur m
Swedish: Vintergatan (sv) c
Tajik: роҳи каҳкашон (rohi kahkašon)
Thai: ทางช้างเผือก (th) (taang-cháang-pʉ̀ʉak)
Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog m
Zhuang: dahmbwn

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. 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: ^{(please verify)} Tapi'irapé (literally “tapir's way”)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Y Llwybr Llaethog

isiZulu: umZilafasimbe (zu)

Milky Way

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