The milky way at Fonts Point in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Badlands illuminated by a crescent moon (out of frame).

 

--- The Milky Way in different languages ---

 

Arabic: درب التبانة‎ (Darb Al-Tabbāna) "Hay Merchants Way" or درب اللبانة (Darb Al-Labbāna)' "Milky Way"

Armenian: Յարդ զողի Ճանապարհ hard goghi chanaparh "Straw Thief's Way", from a myth.[1]

Basque: Esne bidea, from Latin

Bosnian: Mliječni Put, "Milky Way" translated from Latin

Bulgarian: Млечен Път, "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Catalan: Via Làctia "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Catalan: Camí de Sant Jaume, "The Road to Santiago"

Chechen: Ça Taxina Taça "the route of scattered straw"

Cherokee: ᎩᎵ ᎤᎵᏒᏍᏓᏅᏱ Gili Ulisvsdanvyi "The Way the Dog Ran Away", from a myth

Chinese: 銀河 "Silver River"

Croatian: Mliječni Put "Milky Way" translated from Latin. Traditionally it was named Kumova slama (Godfather's straw).

Czech: Mléčná dráha "Milky Way" translated from Greek or Latin

Danish: Mælkevejen "The Milky Way"

Dutch: Melkweg "Milky Way" translated from Latin

English: Milky Way, translated from Latin

Erzya: Каргонь ки "Way of the Crane"

Estonian: Linnutee "Way of Birds", from a myth

Finnish: Linnunrata "Way of Birds", from a myth

Faroese: Vetrarbreytin "The Winter Way"

French: La voie lactée "The Milky Way"

Galician: Via Láctea "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Galician: Camiño de Santiago, "The Road to Santiago"

Georgian: ირმის ნახტომი, irmis naxtomi "The Deer Jump"

German: Milchstraße "Milky Way"

Greek: Γαλαξίας κύκλος Galaxias Kyklos "Milky Circle", from a myth

Hebrew: שביל החלב‎ "The Milky Way"

Hindi: आकाशगंगा "Ganges River of Heaven", from a myth

Hungarian: Hadak Útja "The Road of the Warriors", from a myth (historical)

Hungarian: Tejút "Milky Way"

Icelandic: Vetrarbrautin "The Winter Way"

Irish: Bealach na Bó Finne "The Fair Cow's Path"

Irish: Claí Mór na Réaltaí "Great Fence of the Stars"

Irish: Slabhbra Luigh "Lugh's Chain"

Indonesian: Bima Sakti "Poweful Bima", a character in Sanskrit epic Mahabharata

Italian: Via Lattea "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Japanese: 天の川 Ama no Gawa "River of Heaven"

Korean: 은하 eunha "Silver River", from Chinese, or "미리내"(mirinae) in pure Korean. The Milky Way is specifically called "Uri Eunha" ("Our Galaxy")

Latin: Via Lactea "Milky Way", translated from Greek

Latvian: Putnu Ceļš, The Birds' Path

Lithuanian: Paukščių Takas, The Birds' Path

Malay: Bima Sakti "Magical Bima", a character in Sanskrit epic Mahabharata

Maltese: Triq Sant' Anna, "St Anne's way"

Norwegian: Melkeveien "The Milky Way" (Bokmål, comes from Danish)

Norwegian: Vinterbrauta "The Winter Way" (Nynorsk, related to Icelandic)

Persian: راه شیری‎

Polish: Droga Mleczna "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Portuguese: Via Láctea "Milky Way", translated from Latin, "Estrada de Santiago" "The Road of Santiago" (less common)

Romanian: Calea Lactee "Milky Way", translated from Latin; traditional name: Calea Robilor or Drumul Robilor ("The Road of the Slaves") [3]

Russian: Млечный путь "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Sanskrit: मंदाकिनी "Mandakini", "calm or unhurried"

Scottish Gaelic: Slighe Chlann Uisnich "the path of the children of Uisneach" from celtic mythology

Serbian: Mlečni put "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Serbian: Млечни пут "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Slovak: Mliečna dráha "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Slovene: Rimska cesta "The Roman Road", because pilgrims followed it when traveling to Rome

Spanish: Via láctea "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Spanish: Compostela "Field of Stars", originally from Latin

Spanish: Camino de Santiago "The Road to Santiago"

Swedish: Vintergatan "Winter Street"

Tamil: பால் வழி "Milky Way", translated from Latin

Thai: ทางช้างเผือก "The way of the white elephant"

Turkish: Samanyolu "Road of Straw"

Ukrainian: Чумацький шлях "Way of Chumak"

Vietnamese: Ngân Hà "Silver River", translated from Chinese

Welsh: Llwybr Llaethog "Milky Way", translated from the Latin

Welsh: Caer Wydion "The Fort of Gwydion" (Gwydion)

 

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