| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| The galaxy to which our sun belongs. | 1 |
| The Milky Way is also the swath of light in the night sky produced by the other stars in the galaxy. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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