aurora borealis
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- noun An aurora that occurs in northern regions of the earth. Also called northern lights.
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- The aurora borealis hung in the southern sky like a curtain being vacuumed by a giant. — FSF - May2006
- Some years ago, the military sent up a rocket that dispersed some material to neutralize ions in the upper atmosphere, and it turned the aurora borealis off for a while. — Omni: September 1994
- I mean, they turned the goddamned aurora borealis off! — Omni: September 1994
- Only in lowly Moss, where the talented human boy had deflected the clouds of ash with his sigil, had the aurora borealis shone on unimpeded. — Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
- The aurora borealis flickered green on the northern horizon in a splendid display, and after I buried Bessie, I stood in the snow for a long hour, looking up. — F ;SF - vol 090 issue 03 - March 1996
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- New Latin aurōra boreālis : Latin aurōra, dawn + Latin boreālis, northern.
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/ (bôrˌē-ălˈĭs, bōrˌ-)/
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