northern lights

See also: Northern Lights

English

northern lights

Noun

1. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• (the aurora of the northern hemisphere): aurora australis, southern lights

Translations

the aurora of the northern hemisphere

• Bashkir: һаҙағай (haźağay)
• Chinese:

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

• Chukchi: йыӈэттэт (jyṇėttėt)
• Danish: nordlys n
• Dutch: noorderlicht (nl) n, aurora borealis n
• Esperanto: arkta aŭroro, nordlumo, norda brilo
• Faroese: norðlýsi n
• Finnish: revontulet (fi)
• French: aurore boréale (fr) f
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ციალი (črdiloetis ciali), ჩრდილოეთის ნათება (črdiloetis nateba)
• German: Nordlicht (de) n
• Greek: βόρειο σέλας (el) n (vóreio sélas)
• Gwich'in: yakąįh, zheekąįh
• Hebrew: זוהר הצפון m (zóhar ha-tzafón)
• Hungarian: északi fény
• Icelandic: norðurljós (is) n pl
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• Interlingue: ,
• Italian: aurora boreale (it) f
• Japanese: 北極光 (ja) (ほっきょくこう, hokkyokukō), 北光 (ほっこう, hokkō), オーロラ (ja) (ōrora)
• Latvian: kāvi m pl, ziemeļblāzma f
• Lithuanian: šiaurės pašvaistė f
• Lule Sami: guovsagis
• Navajo: yáhoodǫ́ǫ́zí, nahoogaii
• Northern Sami: guovssahas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordlys (no) n

  Nynorsk: nordlys n, nordljos n

• Pite Sami: guoksagis
• Polish: zorza polarna (pl) f
• Portuguese: aurora boreal f
• Russian: се́верное сия́ние (ru) n (sévernoje sijánije), се́верное поля́рное сия́ние n (sévernoje poljárnoje sijánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fir-chlis m pl, Na Fir Chlis m pl
• Skolt Sami: kuuskõõzz pl
• Spanish: aurora boreal f
• Swedish: norrsken (sv) n
• Thai: แสงเหนือ (th) (sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Welsh: goleuni'r gogledd