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northern lights
northern lights pl (plural only )
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.
the aurora of the northern hemisphere
Afrikaans: noorderligte
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 ( ほっこう, hokkō ) , オーロラ (ja) ( ōrora )
Kazakh: полярлық шұғыла ( polärlyq şūğyla )
Komi-Zyrian: вой кыа ( voj kya ) , востым ( vostym )
Korean: 오로라 (ko) ( orora )
Latvian: kāvi m pl , ziemeļblāzma f
Lithuanian: šiaurės pašvaistė f , poliarinė pašvaistė f
Lower Tanana: yoyekoyh
Lule Sami: guovsagis
Macedonian: поларна светлина f ( polarna svetlina )
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: сисьной ( sisʹnoj )
Navajo: yáhoodǫ́ǫ́zí , nahoogaii
Northern Sami: guovssahas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nordlys (no) n
Nynorsk: nordlys n , nordljos n
Odia: ଧ୍ରୁବୀୟ ଜ୍ୟୋତି ( dhrubiya jyoti )
Persian: شفق قطبی (fa)
Pite Sami: guoksagis
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 )
Scottish Gaelic: Na Fir-chlis m pl
Skolt Sami: kuuskõõzz pl
Slovak: polárna žiara f
Slovene: polarni sij
Spanish: aurora boreal f
Swedish: norrsken (sv) n
Tamil: துருவ ஒளி ( turuva oḷi )
Thai: แสงเหนือ (th) ( sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa )
Tundra Nenets: харп ( xarp° )
Turkish: kutup ışıkları (tr)
Ukrainian: полярне сяйво n ( poljarne sjajvo ) , півні́чне ся́йво n ( pivníčne sjájvo )
Unami: kìshahtèk
Uzbek: qutb yogʻdusi
Vietnamese: bắc cực quang
Welsh: goleuni'r gogledd