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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See aurora borealis.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.
  2. adj. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the aurora of the northern hemisphere

Examples

  • “The northern lights flame in the sky, and the sun-dogs dance, and the air is filled with frost-dust.”

    The Sundog Trail

  • “There were no tapers to be seen, but northern lights shot up into the dark blue sky, and just over the fir-tree shone a bright, bright star.”

    The Brownies and Other Tales

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synonyms (1)

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  1. aurora borealis

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. aurora borealis
  1. the merry dancers
  1. auroral
  1. aurora
  1. wonder

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  1. light
  1. sky

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    Too far fetched? It's as good a reason as any other. What was wrong with his original title anyway? Mar 12, 2008

  • frindley Philip Pullman: Northern Lights
    Published in the US as The Golden Compass (also the name of the movie in the US and other English-speaking countries) Mar 12, 2008

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