MILKY WAY GALAXY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("Milky Way Galaxy" is a kind of...):

extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)

Meronyms (parts of "Milky Way Galaxy"):

heliosphere (the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system)

Meronyms (members of "Milky Way Galaxy"):

Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)