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Silvery River

Silvery River proper noun: 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).

Proper noun

the Silvery River

  1. 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)

Synonyms of Silvery River

Origin of Silvery River

Calque of Literary Chinese 銀河 (yínhé).

Questions about Silvery River

What does Silvery River mean?
Silvery River means 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).
What part of speech is Silvery River?
Silvery River is a proper noun.

Words near Silvery River in the dictionary

  1. silvery marmosets
  2. silvery pomfret
  3. silvery pomfrets
  4. silvery pout
  5. silvery pouts
  6. Silvery River
  7. silvery sedge
  8. silvery-cheeked antshrike
  9. silvery-cheeked antshrikes
  10. silvery-haired
  11. silvery-white

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