southern lights

pl.n.

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southern lights

pl n

(Physical Geography) another name for aurora australis

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auro′ra aus•tra′lis

(ɔˈstreɪ lɪs)
n.

the aurora of the Southern Hemisphere. Also called southern lights.

[1735–45; < New Latin: southern aurora; see austral¹]

southern lights

See aurora australis.

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Noun

southern lights - the aurora of the southern hemisphere

aurora australis

aurora - an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

Translations

aurora austral

suðurljós

southern lights

pl → Südlicht nt

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