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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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