"Vintergatan" meaning in Swedish

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Proper name

Forms: Vintergatans [genitive]
Etymology: Compound of vinter (“winter”) + gata (“street”) + -n (“the”). Origin unknown. Possibly from that weather predictors tried to foretell the winter based on its shape. Attested since 1579. Cognate with Icelandic vetrarbraut. Etymology templates: {{compound|sv|vinter|gata|-n|t1=winter|t2=street|t3=the}} vinter (“winter”) + gata (“street”) + -n (“the”), {{cog|is|vetrarbraut}} Icelandic vetrarbraut Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Vintergatans|g=?|head=}} Vintergatan ? (genitive Vintergatans), {{sv-proper noun}} Vintergatan ? (genitive Vintergatans)
  1. (astronomy) The Milky Way Holonyms: galax (english: galaxy), stjärnsystem (english: star system), vintergata (english: galaxy)
    Sense id: en-Vintergatan-sv-name-kH-BCxM8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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  "etymology_text": "Compound of vinter (“winter”) + gata (“street”) + -n (“the”). Origin unknown. Possibly from that weather predictors tried to foretell the winter based on its shape. Attested since 1579. Cognate with Icelandic vetrarbraut.",
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          "english": "The Milky Way itself is wholly worlds, the glow of which hardly reaches us.",
          "ref": "1766, Torbern Bergman, Physisk beskrifning öfver jord-klotet, \"2017\", quoted in SAOB:",
          "text": "Sjelfva vintergatan är idel verldar, hvilkas sken som knappast räcker til oss.",
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          "translation": "galaxy",
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