"Silvery River" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Silvery River [canonical]
Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 銀河 (yínhé). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|lzh|銀河}} Calque of Literary Chinese 銀河 (yínhé) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Silvery River}} the Silvery River
  1. (mythology, astronomy) the Milky Way, the night sky visual phenomenon caused by dense regions of the Milky Way Galaxy appearing nebulous (generally found when referring to East Asians in a historical context, situated in East Asia) Categories (topical): Astronomy, Mythology Synonyms: Great Sky River, Milky Way
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