northern lights

See also: Northern Lights

English

northern lights

Pronunciation

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Noun

northern lights pl (plural only)

1. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.
   • 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:

     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.

Synonyms

• aurora borealis
• (Shetland) mirrie dancers

Coordinate terms

• aurora australis, southern lights

Derived terms

• County of Northern Lights

Translations

the aurora of the northern hemisphere

• Afrikaans: noorderligte
• Ahtna: yaykaas (general), yakoneʼ (red)
• Arabic: شفق قطبي
• Armenian: բևեռափայլ (hy) (beweṙapʻayl)
• Assamese: মেৰুপ্ৰভা (meruprobha)
• Asturian: aurora polar f
• Azerbaijani: qütb parıltısı
• Bashkir: һаҙағай (haźağay)
• Belarusian: палярнае ззянне n (paljarnaje zzjannje)
• Bengali: মেরুজ্যোতি (bn) (merujjōti)
• Breton: tarzh-gouloù
• Bulgarian: северно сияние n (severno sijanie)
• Catalan: aurora boreal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北極光 / 北极光 (zh) (běijíguāng)

• Chukchi: йыӈэттэт (jyṇėttėt)
• Czech: polární záře (cs) f
• Danish: nordlys n, polarlys
• Dutch: noorderlicht (nl) n, aurora borealis n
• Esperanto: arkta aŭroro, nordlumo, norda brilo
• Estonian: virmalised
• Faroese: norðlýsi n, pólalýsi n
• Finnish: revontulet (fi)
• French: aurore boréale (fr) f, aurore polaire (fr) f
• Galician: aurora polar (gl) f
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ციალი (črdiloetis ciali), ჩრდილოეთის ნათება (črdiloetis nateba)
• German: Nordlicht (de) n, Polarlicht (de) n
• Greek: βόρειο σέλας (el) n (vóreio sélas)
• Greenlandic: arsarnerit
• Gwich'in: yakąįh, zheekąįh
• Hebrew: זוהר הצפון m (zóhar ha-tzafón)
• Hindi: ध्रुवीय ज्योति (dhruvīya jyoti)
• Hungarian: északi fény (hu)
• Icelandic: norðurljós (is) n pl
• Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᓴᓂᖅ (arsaniq)
• Irish: na Saighneáin m pl, Na Gealáin Thuaidh m pl
• Italian: aurora boreale (it) f
• Japanese: 北極光 (ja) (ほっきょくこう, hokkyokukō), 北光 (ja) (ほっこう, hokkō), オーロラ (ja) (ōrora)
• Kazakh: полярлық шұғыла (polärlyq şūğyla)
• Komi:

  Komi-Zyrian: вой кыа (voj kya), востым (vostym)

• Korean: 오로라 (ko) (orora)
• Lakota: wanáǧi tȟawáčhipi, haŋwákȟaŋ, Hóhe tȟamáȟpiya, maȟpíya tȟaŋíŋ
• Latvian: kāvi m pl, ziemeļblāzma f
• Lithuanian: šiaurės pašvaistė f, poliarinė pašvaistė f
• Macedonian: поларна светлина f (polarna svetlina)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: сисьной (sisʹnoj)

• Navajo: yáhoodǫ́ǫ́zí, nahoogaii
• Nenets:

  Tundra Nenets: харп (xarp°)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordlys (no) n

  Nynorsk: nordlys n, nordljos n

• Odia: ଧ୍ରୁବୀୟ ଜ୍ୟୋତି (dhrubiya jyoti)
• Persian: شفق قطبی (fa)
• Polish: zorza polarna (pl) f
• Portuguese: aurora boreal f
• Romanian: auroră polară (ro) f, auroră boreală (ro) f
• Russian: се́верное сия́ние (ru) n (sévernoje sijánije), се́верное поля́рное сия́ние n (sévernoje poljárnoje sijánije)
• Sami:

  Lule Sami: guovsagis

  Northern Sami: guovssahas

  Pite Sami: guoksagis

  Skolt Sami: kuuskõõzz pl

• Scottish Gaelic: Na Fir-chlis m pl
• Slovak: polárna žiara f
• Slovene: polarni sij
• Spanish: aurora boreal f
• Squamish: sexwsáxwi7
• Swedish: norrsken (sv) n
• Tamil: துருவ ஒளி (turuva oḷi)
• Tanana:

  Lower Tanana: yoyekoyh

• Thai: แสงเหนือ (th) (sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Turkish: kutup ışıkları (tr)
• Ukrainian: полярне сяйво n (poljarne sjajvo), півні́чне ся́йво n (pivníčne sjájvo)
• Umatilla: lɨ́šwaaluukt
• Unami: kìshahtèk
• Uzbek: qutb yogʻdusi
• Vietnamese: bắc cực quang
• Welsh: goleuni'r gogledd