What do you call the 'Milky Way galaxy' in your language?

If you've ever observed a picture of the Milky Way, you will have noticed a dim glowing band racing across the night sky surrounded on all sides by countless indistinguishable bright stars. It's time to talk about the name of our own beloved galaxy, that, in addition to our solar system, houses hundreds of other solar systems, as well as billions of exoplanets, comets and countless other celestial bodies. read more

In Swedish Milky Way is called "Vintergatan", which means Winter Street. The origin of the word is that the Milky Way looks like a road or a street in the winter. Source: 1131 (Svensk etymologisk ordbok) In Finnish the word is "Linnunrata", which means Bird Route or Bird Path. read more