Im not sure that there is a particular name in greek for our galaxy; it is ussually just called that. Now there might be one, but it is not used everyday
In Finnish
Milky Way = Linnunrata = Birds Trail/Track
Universe = Maailmankaikkeus = Everything in the World (Maailmaa = World, Kaikkeus = Everything)
Sun = Aurinko (I don't know if it means anything)
Space = Avaruus (Ava means open, I don't know if ruus means anything)
Im not sure that there is a particular name in greek for our galaxy; it is ussually just called that. Now there might be one, but it is not used everyday
I was under the impression it was actually the Greeks who first established the name "Milky Way" as the name for our Galaxy in the western world (though at the time it wasn't actually known to be a "galaxy" as we understand it today), and then they were the ones who popularized the name throughout Europe (which then got translated to each language).
I was under the impression it was actually the Greeks who first established the name "Milky Way" as the name for our Galaxy in the western world (though at the time it wasn't actually known to be a "galaxy" as we understand it today), and then they were the ones who popularized the name throughout Europe (which then got translated to each language).
That is possible, and i seem to recall something about a myth that the stars were formed out of a milky substance that was spilled. However i have never heard of another name for our galaxy, apart from "our galaxy". It may indeed exist though, just is not in common use anymore here.
I hate to educate you in Greek, Varwnos, but here goes - Greek: Γαλαξίας κύκλος Galaxias Kyklos "Milky Circle", from a myth.
Spoiler:
The Greek name for the Milky way (Γαλαξίας Galaxias) is derived from the word for milk (γάλα, gala). One legend explains how the Milky Way was created by Heracles when he was a baby.[2] His father, Zeus, was fond of his son, who was born of the mortal woman Alcmene. He decided to let the infant Heracles suckle on his divine wife Hera's milk when she was asleep, an act which would endow the baby with godlike qualities. When Hera woke up and realized that she was breastfeeding an unknown infant, she pushed him away and the spurting milk became the Milky Way.
A story told by the Roman Hyginus in the Poeticon astronomicon (ultimately based on Greek myth) says that the milk came from the goddess Ops (Greek Rhea), the wife of Saturn (Greek Cronus). Saturn swallowed his children to ensure his position as head of the Pantheon and sky god, and so Ops conceived a plan to save her newborn son Jupiter (Greek Zeus): She wrapped a stone in infant's clothes and gave it to Saturn to swallow. Saturn asked her to nurse the child once more before he swallowed it, and the milk that spurted when she pressed her nipple against the rock eventually became the Milky Way.[5]
Older Greek mythology associates the Milky Way with a herd of dairy cows/cattle, where each cow is a star and whose milk gives the blue glow.[citation needed] As such, it is intimately associated with legends concerning the constellation of Gemini, with which it is in contact. The constellation was named for the twins, Castor and Polydeuces, who sometimes raided cattle. In addition, Gemini (in combination with Canis Major, Orion, Auriga, and the deserted area now called Camelopardalis) may form the origin of the myth of the Cattle of Geryon, one of The Twelve Labours of Heracles[citation needed].
The most common names from wikipedia:
Birds' Path
The name "Birds' Path" is used in several Uralic and Turkic languages and in the Baltic languages.
Milky Way
Many European languages have borrowed, directly or indirectly, the Greek name for the Milky Way, including English and Latin.
Road to Santiago
The Milky Way was traditionally used as a guide by pilgrims traveling to the holy site at Compostela, hence the use of "The Road to Santiago" as a name for the Milky Way.[2] Curiously, La Voje Ladee "The Milky Way" was also used to refer to the pilgrimage road.[3]
Silver River
The Chinese name "Silver River" (銀河 is used throughout East Asia, including Korea and Viẹt Nam. In Japan, "Silver River" (銀河 means galaxies in general.
River of Heaven
The Japanese name for the Milky Way is the "River of Heaven" (天の川.
Straw Way
In a large area from Central Asia to Africa, the name for the Milky Way is related to the word for straw. It has been claimed that this was spread by Arabs who in turned borrowed the word from Armenian.
So which one is the best name should we meet aliens?
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