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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An aurora that occurs in northern regions of the earth. Also called northern lights.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The aurora of the northern hemisphere

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as an arch of light across the heavens from east to west. Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or blood color.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the aurora of the northern hemisphere

Etymologies

  1. From New Latin aurora borealis, from Latin Aurora ("Roman goddess of the dawn") + borealis ("northern") (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin aurōra boreālis : Latin aurōra, dawn + Latin boreālis, northern. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Celestial Three: Black wings, a veil of shifting aurora borealis color drapes her from head to shoulders, hiding her features except for the black cherry-red tendrils of hair snaking and twisting from beneath the veil; a burgundy gown clings to her curves, its corseted bodice providing a display shelf for her smooth and rounded cleavage.”

    Simon & Schuster: Etched in Bone

  • “A magnificent display of the aurora borealis followed, rolling its curtains of delicate fire across a surface of reflected brilliance.”

    Castles of Steel

  • “Even the undulating aurora borealis at its center seemed dimmed, its colors mere ghosts of blue, purple, and green.”

    Simon & Schuster: Etched in Bone

  • “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.”

    Conqueror's Moon

  • “The aurora borealis painted palpitating color revels on the sky.”

    A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA

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synonyms (1)

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  1. northern lights

hypernyms (1)

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  1. aurora

same context (2)

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  1. southern lights
  1. aurora australis

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  1. the merry dancers
  1. northern lights
  1. aurora
  1. fire-flaught
  1. streamer
  1. corona
  1. polar lights
  1. glare

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  1. weather
  1. light
  1. sky

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  • treeseed named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas Feb 24, 2008

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