in Arabic, for example, the most common one is “The Straw Way” (درب التبانة—Darb al-Tabānah), after the sheafs of straw dropped by farmers on their way back from the fields.
In India, the Milky Way is known as the “Heavenly Ganges” (आकाशगंगा—ākāśagaṅgā) and stretches across the belly of a cosmic dolphin.
There are plenty of other names in the link, definitely worth a read
Fun fact: In Chinese, the Milky Way is called Silver River (銀河系)
Looks like the Chinese aren’t as milky as us westerners
Well, that led me to an interesting hole
There are plenty of other names in the link, definitely worth a read
When we form a global government, first order of business is to pick the least embarrassing language for our interstellar civilization.
So english and french are super denied
Embarrasing in front of whom, the aliens?
That’s the joke.
In swedish it’s the “winter street”
That’s because it’s another language.