Meanings
northern lights1
nounnorthern lights pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyThe aurora of the northern hemisphere.
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A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. […] Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30Synonyms: aurora borealis, mirrie dancers
Northern Lights2
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of northern lights.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe aurora of the northern hemisphere.
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Translations
Afrikaans noorderligte
- noorderligtethe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Arabic شفق قطبي
- شفق قطبيthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Bengali মেরুজ্যোতি
- মেরুজ্যোতি (merujjōti)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Bulgarian северно сияние
- северно сияние (severno sijanie)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Catalan aurora boreal
- aurora borealthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Chinese Mandarin 北極光 /北极光
- 北極光 /北极光 (běijíguāng)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Czech polární záře
- polární zářethe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Danish nordlys, polarlys
- nordlysthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- polarlysthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Dutch noorderlicht, aurora borealis
- noorderlichtthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- aurora borealisthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Esperanto arkta aŭroro, nordlumo
- arkta aŭrorothe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- nordlumothe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- norda brilothe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Estonian virmalised
- virmalisedthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Finnish revontulet
- revontuletthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
French aurore boréale, aurore polaire
- aurore boréalethe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- aurore polairethe aurora of the northern hemisphere
German Nordlicht, Polarlicht
- Nordlichtthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- Polarlichtthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Greek βόρειο σέλας
- βόρειο σέλας (vóreio sélas)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Hebrew זוהר הצפון
- זוהר הצפון (zóhar ha-tzafón)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Hindi ध्रुवीय ज्योति
- ध्रुवीय ज्योति (dhruvīya jyoti)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Hungarian északi fény
- északi fénythe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Icelandic norðurljós
- norðurljósthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Irish na Saighneáin, Na Gealáin Thuaidh
- na Saighneáinthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- Na Gealáin Thuaidhthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Italian aurora boreale
- aurora borealethe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Japanese 北極光, 北光
- 北極光 (hokkyokukō)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
- 北光 (hokkō)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
- オーロラ (ōrora)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Korean 오로라
- 오로라 (orora)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Latvian kāvi, ziemeļblāzma
- kāvithe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- ziemeļblāzmathe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Lithuanian šiaurės pašvaistė, poliarinė pašvaistė
- šiaurės pašvaistėthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- poliarinė pašvaistėthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Norwegian Bokmål nordlys
- nordlysthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Persian شفق قطبی
- شفق قطبیthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Polish zorza polarna
- zorza polarnathe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Portuguese aurora boreal
- aurora borealthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Romanian auroră polară, auroră boreală
- auroră polarăthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
- auroră borealăthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Russian се́верное сия́ние, се́верное поля́рное сия́ние
- се́верное сия́ние (sévernoje sijánije)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
- се́верное поля́рное сия́ние (sévernoje poljárnoje sijánije)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Scottish Gaelic Na Fir-chlis
- Na Fir-chlisthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Slovak polárna žiara
- polárna žiarathe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Spanish aurora boreal
- aurora borealthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Swedish norrsken
- norrskenthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Tamil துருவ ஒளி
- துருவ ஒளி (turuva oḷi)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Thai แสงเหนือ
- แสงเหนือ (sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Turkish kutup ışıkları
- kutup ışıklarıthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Ukrainian полярне сяйво, півні́чне ся́йво
- полярне сяйво (poljarne sjajvo)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
- півні́чне ся́йво (pivníčne sjájvo)the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Vietnamese bắc cực quang
- bắc cực quangthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
Welsh Goleuni'r Gogledd
- Goleuni'r Gogleddthe aurora of the northern hemisphere
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APA
northern lights. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northern%20lights
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“northern lights.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northern%20lights. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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