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Chu  朱@chu@climatejustice.social (2026-09-10 04:33:17)
I decided I like the Chinese term for the Milky Way more than English. 

They call it 星河 -star river. 

What else do people call it in other places?

Edit: in Chinese it is also known as 銀河 - silver river. Star river is an older term for it it seems.

I still like both over milky way.

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ubi@ubi@ecoevo.social (2026-09-10 20:07:53)
@chu In Malay/Indonesian it's 'Bima Sakti' named after the character Bhima from the Mahabharata. It is said to resemble him fighting a naga named Nemburnyawa that has coiled around him.

I only learned why it's called Bima Sakti today after looking it up.