Milky Way

Milky-Way English thumb Etymology en la From en enm Milky Wey, a en la Via Lactea 1 milky road 1, a en grc γαλαξίας 1 1, referring to its appearance as a pale band of stars across the sky. Compare also non Mjólkrhringr Milky Way milk-ring, milk-circle. The reference to the galaxy is an extension of the second sense. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Milky Way.wav US Proper noun milky way 1 en Q321en galaxy The Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy in which Earth is located. from mid 19th c. n 7495963066 en Milky Way Galaxy<id:Q321> Local Galaxy<id:Q321> Galaxy<id:Q321> en Local Group<id:Q3944> < Virgo Supercluster<id:Q175760> < Laniakea<id:Q17863945> < Universe<id:Q1> en Earth<id:Q2> < Solar System<id:Q544> < Orion Arm<id:Q33187> 144 This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space. How far apart, think you, dwell the two most distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments? Why should I feel lonely? is not our planet in the Milky Way? en 2021 William Sheehan Jim Bell Discovering Mars 13 294 From a cosmic perspective, even our host galaxy, the Milky Way, is not particularly special: it is but one of several hundred billion to perhaps two trillion galaxies, according to the latest estimates. en Ashley Strickland An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/science/hypervelocity-star-escape-milky-way 2024-08-21 By combining the data from multiple telescopes, astronomers determined the star’s position and velocity in space, allowing them to predict that it will exit the Milky Way at some point. https://web.archive.org/web/20260301075118/https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/21/science/hypervelocity-star-escape-milky-way 1 March 2026 en 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. en Silvery River Great Sky River en 1869 Mark Twain The Innocents Abroad XXXII 348 On its further side was a little temple, whose delicate pillars and ornate front glowed with a rich lustre that chained the eye like a spell; and nearer by, the palace of the king reared its creamy walls out of the midst of a great garden of shrubbery that was flecked all over with a random shower of amber lights—a spray of golden sparks that lost their brightness in the glory of the moon, and glinted softly upon the sea of dark foliage like the pallid stars of the milky-way. Derived terms en Milkdromeda Milkomeda Milky Way Galaxy Translations galaxy Afrikaans: af Melkweg Albanian: sq Rruga e Qumështit, sq Kashta e Kumtrit, sq hyjplimje hyjplimja Altai: Southern Altai: alt Кардыҥ јолу, alt Курудыҥ јолы Arabic: ar دَرْبُ التَّبَّانَة m Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܓܢܒܐ urkha d-gannāve m, syc ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ švīl tevnā m Armenian: hy Ծիր Կաթին Assamese: as হাতীপটি Asturian: ast Camín de Santiago m Azerbaijani: az Ağyol, az Süd Yolu Bashkir: ba Ҡош Юлы Basque: eu Esne Bidea Belarusian: be Мле́чны Шлях m Bengali: bn আকাশগঙ্গা Breton: br Hent-sant-Jakez m Bulgarian: bg Мле́чен път m Burmese: my နဂါးငွေ့တန်း ဂယ်လက်ဆီ, my နဂါးငွေ့, my နဂါးငွေ့တန်း Catalan: ca Via Làctia f la Via Làctia Cherokee: chr ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᎯᏍᏗᎦᎯᏍᏗ Chichewa: ny chilimira 7, ny gwalalanjovu 5, ny mbalang'amba 9/10, ny mlerang'amba 3 Chinese: Cantonese: yue 銀河系 Mandarin: cmn 銀河系 Yínhéxì Chukchi: ckt Чыгэйвээм Čygėjvėėm Chuvash: cv Хуркайӑк Ҫулӗ, cv Кайӑк хур Ҫулӗ Coptic: cop ⲡⲓⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲱϩ m Cornish: kw Hyns Sen Jamys f Crimean Tatar: crh Kâbe Yolu Czech: cs Mléčná dráha f Danish: da Mælkevejen c Dutch: nl Melkweg m Dzongkha: dz རྒིལ་འག་སྨེ་ཡེར Esperanto: eo Lakta Vojo Estonian: et Linnutee Faroese: fo Mjólkarvegur m Finnish: fi Linnunrata French: fr Voie lactée f Galician: gl Vía Láctea f Georgian: ka ირმის ნახტომი, ka რძიანი გზა, ka ხარის ნავალი, ka დათვისფეხა German: de Milchstraße f Greek: el Γαλαξίας m Gujarati: gu દૂધ ગંગા dūdha gaṅgā, gu આકાશગંગા f ākāśgaṅgā Hebrew: he שְׁבִיל הֶחָלָב m shvil hekhaláv Hiligaynon: hil Balatas Hindi: hi आकाशगंगा f, hi क्षीरमार्ग Hungarian: hu Tejútrendszer, hu Tejút Icelandic: is Mjólkurslæða f Ido: io laktovoyo Indonesian: id Bima Sakti Ingrian: izh Tähtirata Irish: ga Bealach na Bó Finne m, ga Claí Mór na Réaltaí m, ga Láir Bhán f An Láir Bhán Italian: it Via Lattea f Japanese: ja 銀河系 ぎんがけい, gingakei, ja 天の川銀河 あまのがわぎんが, amanogawa ginga, ja 天河 てんが, Tenga Javanese: jv ꦧꦶꦩꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ Kalmyk: xal Оһтрһун уйдл, xal Теңгрин уйдл Kankanaey: kne Aggiwanas Kashubian: csb Mlecznô Droga f Kazakh: kk Құс жолы Ket: ket а́льбака̀ӈ Khanty: Northern Khanty: kca-nor Мощ хө нымԓәӈ пăнт Khmer: km កញ្ចុំផ្កាយជើងភ្នាយ kɑñcom phkaay cəəng phniəy, km ជើងភ្នាយ Korean: ko 우리 은하, ko 은하(銀河), ko 은하수(銀河水) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Kadiz f, kmr Riya Kadizan f Kyrgyz: ky Кой Жолу, ky Саманчы Жол, ky Куш Жолу Lao: lo ທາງຊ້າງເຜືອກ Latin: la Via Lactea f Latvian: lv Piena Ceļš m Lezgi: lez Карванд Рехъ Lithuanian: lt Paukščių Takas m Lü: khb ᦑᦱᧂᦋᦱᧂᧉ Luxembourgish: lb Mëllechstrooss f Macedonian: mk Мле́чен Пат m, mk Ку́мова Сла́ма f Malagasy: mg làlana mandronono Malay: ms Bimasakti, ms Bintang Temabur archaic Maltese: mt Triq ta' Sant'Anna f Manchu: mnc ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ ᠪᡳᡵᠠᡳ ᠰᡳᡵᡝᠨᡨᡠ Mansi: Northern Mansi: mns-nor Мо̄сьхум ёсаӈ лё̄х Manx: gv Raad Mooar Ree Gorree m Māori: mi Te Mangōroa, mi te Ikaroa, mi Roiata, mi TeIka-whenua-o-te-rangi, mi Paeroa-o-Whānui, mi Te Ika-o-te-rangi, mi Te Tāhū-o-te-rangi Marathi: mr आकाशगंगा f Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Тэнгэрийн заадас галактик Mongolian script: mn ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠳᠠᠰᠤ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠺᠲ᠋ᠢᠺ Nandi: niq poit’-ap-kechei Navajo: nv yikáísdáhí Norman: nrf C'mîns d'St. Jacques m-p Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Melkeveien m Nynorsk: nn Mjølkevegen m, nn vinterbraut f Occitan: oc Ossetian: os Ӕрфӕныфӕд Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Млєчна драга f Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira راهِ شیری, fa-ira کَهْکَشان archaic Polish: pl Droga Mleczna f Portuguese: pt Via Láctea f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗੰਗਾ f Romanian: ro Calea Lactee f definite Russian: ru Мле́чный Путь m Sami: Northern Sami: se Sanskrit: आकाशगङ्गा Scottish Gaelic: gd Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich f, gd Slighe Chlann Uisnich f, gd Bogha Chlann Uisnich, gd Breac a' Mhuilinn m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Млијечни Пут m, sh Млечни Пут m, sh Млијечна стаза m, sh Млечна стаза m Latin: sh Mliječni Put m, sh Mlečni Put m, sh Mliječna staza m, sh Mlečna staza m Shona: sn muzvcazi Shor: cjs Қыра Чолы Qïra Čolï Silesian: szl Mlyczno Cesta f Sinhalese: si ක්‍ෂීරපථය, si ක්ෂීර පථය Slovak: sk Mliečna cesta f Slovene: sl Rimska cesta f, sl Mlečna cesta f Spanish: es Vía Láctea f Sundanese: su catang bobo Swedish: sv Vintergatan c Tagalog: tl Daang Magatas, tl Daang Malagatas, tl Ariwanas, tl Pulong-Bituin Tajik: tg Роҳи Каҳкашон Tashelhit: shi aɣaras n walim m Tatar: tt Каз Юлы Telugu: te నక్షత్రవీధి Thai: th ทางช้างเผือก Tibetan: bo དགུ་ཚིགས་སྐྱ་མོ pale galaxy, bo གཟའི་མུ་ཁྱུད fence of the planet Tonga (Malawi): tog mlambagombe 3 Tumbuka: tum Nthowa ya Lukama 9 Turkish: tr Samanyolu Tuvan: tyv Дээр оруу Ukrainian: uk Чума́цький Шлях m, uk Моло́чний Шлях m, uk Чума́цька Доро́га f Urdu: ur راہِ شِیر f, ur جَادَۂ شِیر m, ur مِلْکی وے Uyghur: ug سامانيولى سىستىمېسى Uzbek: uz Somon yoʻli, uz kahkashon archaic Vietnamese: vi Ngân Hà (vi 銀河) Walloon: wa Voye Sint-Djåke f Welsh: cy Llwybr Llaethog m, cy Bwa'r Gwynt m archaic Yakut: sah Халлаан Сиигэ Yankunytjatjara: kdd tjukal light in night sky Armenian: hy Ծիր Կաթին, hy Հարդագողի ճանապարհ Bashkir: ba Ҡош Юлы Bouyei: pcc dahhaaic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 銀河 Yínhé Cornish: kw Hyns Sen Jamys f Crimean Tatar: crh Kâbe Yolu Czech: cs Mléčná dráha f Dzongkha: dz སྐར་ཚོགས Egyptian: msqt-sḥdw ms-q*t:N25-s-H-d:F18-sbA-w-pt f Estonian: et Linnutee Finnish: fi linnunrata French: fr voie lactée f Galician: gl Vía Láctea f, gl camiño real m, gl Camiño de Santiago m path of Saint James German: de Milchstraße f Greek: Ancient Greek: grc γαλαξίας m Hebrew: he שביל החלב m sh'víl ha'khaláv Hindi: hi आकाशगंगा f Icelandic: is vetrarbraut f Irish: ga Bealach na Bó Finne m, ga Claí Mór na Réaltaí m, ga Láir Bhán f An Láir Bhán Italian: it Via Lattea f la Via Lattea Japanese: ja 天の川 あまのがわ, amanogawa Karok: kyh yumaaréempaah Ket: ket а́льбака̀ӈ Khmer: km គន្លងដំរីស kŭənlɔɔng dɑmrəy sɑɑ, km ផ្កាយគន្លងដំរីស Lakota: lkt wanáǧi tȟačháŋku Latin: la Via Lactea f Latvian: lv Piena Ceļš m Macedonian: mk Мле́чен Пат m, mk Ку́мова Сла́ма f Manchu: mnc ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ ᠪᡳᡵᠠ, mnc ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᠪᡳᡵᠠ Manx: gv Raad Mooar Ree Gorree m Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Кайыккомбо корно Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Тэнгэрийн заадас, mn Сүүн зам Nahuatl: Classical Nahuatl: nci citlālīcue Navajo: nv yikáísdáhí Norman: nrf C'mîns d'St. Jacques m-p Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques the paths of Saint James Jersey Ojibwe: oj manidoo-miikana Old English: ang Īringes weġ m Old Tupi: tpw tapi'irapé tapir's way Polish: pl Droga Mleczna f Portuguese: pt Via Láctea f, pt Caminho de Santiago m path of Saint James Rapa Nui: rap Ŋoꞌe Romanian: ro Calea Lactee f, ro Calea Laptelui f, ro Drumul Robilor n Russian: ru Мле́чный Путь m Sanskrit: sa आकाशगङ्गा f Scottish Gaelic: gd Sgrìob Chlann Uisnich f, gd Slighe Chlann Uisnich f, gd Breac a' Mhuilinn m alt Кар јолы, alt Курудыҥ јолы Spanish: es Camino de Santiago m, es Vía Láctea f Swedish: sv Vintergatan c Tajik: tg роҳи каҳкашон Thai: th ทางช้างเผือก Uyghur: ug سامان يولى Welsh: cy Llwybr Llaethog m Yao (Africa): yao Lichinga-usiku 5 Zhuang: za dahmbwn Esperanto: eo laktovojo Indonesian: id Bimasakti, id Bima Sakti Interlingua: ia Via Lactee Zulu: zu umZilafasimbe Latin: la orbis lacteus f Woiwurrung: wyi tirrn-galk References Further reading