southern lights

English

A research station in Antarctica with southern lights in the background

Noun

southern lights pl (plural only)

The aurora of the southern hemisphere.

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

Bashkir: һаҙағай (haðağay) (without specifying the hemisphere); көньяҡ (kön’yaq)һаҙағай (haðağay)
Danish: sydlys n
Esperanto: antarkta aŭroro
Finnish: revontulet (fi) pl
French: aurore australe (fr)
Icelandic: suðurljós (is) n pl

Norwegian: sørlys n
Russian: южное полярное сия́ние n (južnoje poljarnoje sijánije)
Scottish Gaelic: fir-chlis m pl
Spanish: aurora austral f
Swedish: sydsken n
Thai: แสงใต้ (th) (sɛ̌ɛng-dtâai)

See also

southern lights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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