| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Milky Way |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Milk·y Way |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m l k |
| NOUN: | The galaxy containing the solar system, visible as a broad band of faint light in the night sky. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, translation of Latin via lactea : via, way + lactea, feminine of lacteus, milky.
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