Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

[Alberto Monteiro]

Steve Sloan II wrote: 
>  
>> [BTW, is it "Milky Way" or "Milky-Way" ?] 
>  
> "Milky Way". According to the web search I did, the 
> "Way" in "Milky Way" means "road" -- something I 
> didn't realize until now. Like that Roman road named 
> the Appian Way, it wouldn't have a hyphen. 
> 
No, the Roman road was named Via Apia, like the 
Via Lactea :-) [and Galaxia comes from the Greek 
word for Milk, too] 
 
Alberto Monteiro "if I am Latin American then I speak Latin" 
 
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