Piena Ceļš
Latvian
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Piena Ceļš
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Piena Ceļš
Etymology
The name follows the model of most European languages (cf English Milky Way), going back to Ancient Greek Γαλαξίας (Galaxías), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).
Proper noun
Piena Ceļš m (1st declension)
- (astronomy) the Milky Way (the galaxy which contains the Solar System)
- Piena Ceļa galaktika ― the Milky Way galaxy
- visas pie debesīm redzamās zvaigznes ietilpst milzīgā zvaigžņu sistēmā, un to mēs parasti saucam par Galaktiku jeb Piena Ceļu ― all stars visible on the sky belong to a huge star system, and that (star system) we call Galaxy or Milky Way
- (astronomy) the Milky Way (the band of diffuse light visible in the night sky; our local vision of the Milky Way galaxy)
Declension
Declension of Piena Ceļš (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Piena Ceļš | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Piena Ceļu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Piena Ceļa | — |
dative (datīvs) | Piena Ceļam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Piena Ceļu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Piena Ceļā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Piena Ceļ | — |
Synonyms
- Galaktika
- Putnu Ceļš