southern lights

English

A research station in Antarctica with southern lights in the background

Noun

southern lights pl (plural only)

1. The aurora of the southern hemisphere. [from 18th c.]
   • 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 18 February:

     The Southern Lights were again seen last night.

Synonyms

• (the aurora of the southern hemisphere): aurora australis

Coordinate terms

• (the aurora of the northern hemisphere): aurora borealis, northern lights

Translations

the aurora of the southern hemisphere

• Afrikaans: suiderligte
• Bashkir: һаҙағай (haźağay) (without specifying the hemisphere); көньяҡ һаҙағай (könʹyaq haźağay)
• Danish: sydlys n
• Esperanto: antarkta aŭroro
• Finnish: revontulet (fi) pl
• French: aurore australe (fr)
• Hungarian: déli fény sg
• Icelandic: suðurljós (is) n pl
• Irish: Na Gealáin Theas m pl
• Norwegian: sørlys n
• Polish: zorza polarna (pl) f
• Romanian: auroră australă (ro) f
• Russian: южное полярное сия́ние n (južnoje poljarnoje sijánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fir-chlis m pl
• Spanish: aurora austral f
• Swedish: sydsken (sv) n
• Thai: แสงใต้ (th) (sɛ̌ɛng-dtâai)
• Ukrainian: півде́нне ся́йво n (pivdénne sjájvo)
• Vietnamese: nam cực quang

See also

• southern lights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia