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Meanings of milky way system in English

Portuguese
via lactea
Catalan
via láctea
Spanish
vía láctea

The galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky.

via lactea
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Examples for "milky way"
Examples for "milky way"
1
If it be the milky way, the stars must be the cows.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
2
Bright was the milky way, Shining and revolving in the sky.
The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry / From the Sacred Books of the...
3
The lady was covered with nocturnal glitterings, like a milky way.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
4
The milky way was bright, like a moonlit cloud; half heaven seemed milky way.
The Silverado Squatters
5
The narrow belt of visible sky resembled a milky way.
Overland: A Novel
1
Could we use the center of the Milky Way Galaxy as a reference?
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
2
Who knew that living in the Milky Way Galaxy would be so dangerous?
Wired
3
Dominating the foreground are large segments of our Milky Way Galaxy.
BBC
4
Inside currently is a model of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
5
Think of the Milky Way Galaxy as a dinner plate.
Skeptics and true believers: the exhilarating connection between...
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