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  2. List of names for the Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese name for the Milky Way is the "River of Heaven" (天の川), as well as an alternative name in Chinese (Chinese: 天河; pinyin: Tiān hé). Straw Way [ edit ] In West Asia, Central Asia and parts of the Balkans the name for the Milky Way is related to the word for straw .

  3. Milky Way (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    To the Māori the Milky Way is the waka (canoe) of Tama-rereti. The front and back of the canoe are Orion and Scorpius, while the Southern Cross and the Pointers are the anchor and rope. According to legend, when Tama-rereti took his canoe out onto a lake, he found himself far from home as night was falling.

  4. Milky Way (2000 film) - Wikipedia

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    21 December 2000. ( 2000-12-21) Running time. 93 minutes. Countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Language. Bosnian. Milky Way ( Bosnian: Mliječni put) is a 2000 Bosnian film directed by Faruk Sokolović.

  5. Night on the Galactic Railroad - Wikipedia

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    October 1934 [2] Night on the Galactic Railroad (銀河鉄道の夜, Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru), sometimes translated as Milky Way Railroad, Night Train to the Stars or Fantasy Railroad in the Stars, [1] is a classic Japanese fantasy novel by Kenji Miyazawa written around 1927. The nine-chapter novel was posthumously published by Bunpodō ...

  6. Milkybar - Wikipedia

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    Milkybar. Milkybar, called Galak in Continental Europe and Latin America, is a white chocolate confection produced by Nestlé since 1936 and sold worldwide (not sold in the US, although it may be ordered online for delivery, or found in specialty candy shops). [1] According to Nestlé, Milkybar/Galak contains no artificial colours, flavours or ...

  7. Omega Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years (5,240 parsecs), it is the largest-known globular cluster in the Milky Way at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years. It is estimated to contain approximately 10 million stars, with a total mass of 4 million solar masses , [11] making it the most massive known globular cluster in the Milky Way.

  8. Civil War (film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $114.3 million [4] [5] Civil War is a 2024 dystopian thriller film [6] written and directed by Alex Garland. It follows a team of journalists traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C., during a civil war fought across the United States between an authoritarian federal government and several regional factions, to interview the ...

  9. The Shining (film) - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $19 million [6] Box office. $47.3 million [6] The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film [7] produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King 's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Scatman Crothers.