Piena Ceļš

Latvian

Piena Ceļš
Piena Ceļš

Etymology

The name follows the model of most European languages (cf English Milky Way), going back to Ancient Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxías), from γάλα (gála, milk).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Piena Ceļš m (1st declension)

  1. (astronomy) the Milky Way (the galaxy which contains the Solar System)
    Piena Ceļa galaktikathe Milky Way galaxy
    visas pie debesīm redzamās zvaigznes ietilpst milzīgā zvaigžņu sistēmā, un to mēs parasti saucam par Galaktiku jeb Piena Ceļuall stars visible on the sky belong to a huge star system, and that (star system) we call Galaxy or Milky Way
  2. (astronomy) the Milky Way (the band of diffuse light visible in the night sky; our local vision of the Milky Way galaxy)

Declension

Synonyms

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