southern lights

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 (haðağay) (without specifying the hemisphere); көньяҡ һаҙағай (kön’yaq haðağay) Danish: sydlys n Esperanto: antarkta aŭroro Finnish: revontulet (fi) pl French: aurore australe (fr) Hungarian: déli fény sg Icelandic: suðurljós (is) n 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 n Thai: แสงใต้ (th) (sɛ̌ɛng-dtâai) Ukrainian: півде́нне ся́йво n (pivdénne sjájvo)

See also

• southern lights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia