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aurora borealis

UK/əˌɹɔːɹ.ə ˈbɔːɹ.i.æl.ɪs/

aurora borealis noun: the aurora of the northern hemisphere.

aurora borealis: the aurora of the northern hemisphere
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Noun

aurora borealis

  1. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.
    • Superintendent Chalmers: Yes, I should be— Good Lord what is happening in there!?
      Principal Skinner: Aurora borealis.
      Superintendent Chalmers: Uh— Aurora borealis, at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?
      Principal Skinner...1996 April 14, Bill Oakley, “22 Short Films About Springfield” (02:12 from the start), in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21, spoken by Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner (Hank Azaria and...
    • A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies.2023 November 15, Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30
    Synonyms:
    northern dawn, northern lights, aurora septentrionalis

aurora borealis meaning in Tamil

aurora borealis in Tamil

வடவை, வடதுருவ ஒளி, வடமுனைச் சோதி, வடதுறை ஒளி

Synonyms of aurora borealis

Origin of aurora borealis

Learned borrowing from New Latin aurōra boreālis (literally “northern dawn”).

Questions about aurora borealis

What does aurora borealis mean?
Aurora borealis means the aurora of the northern hemisphere.
What is aurora borealis in Tamil?
Aurora borealis in Tamil is வடவை, வடதுருவ ஒளி, வடமுனைச் சோதி. See Aurora borealis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aurora borealis?
Aurora borealis is a noun.
How do you pronounce aurora borealis?
Aurora borealis is pronounced /əˌɹɔːɹ.ə ˈbɔːɹ.i.æl.ɪs/ (UK).

Words near aurora borealis in the dictionary

  1. aurora
  2. aurora australis
  3. aurora austrealis
  4. aurora bluetail
  5. aurora bluetails
  6. aurora borealis
  7. Aurora County
  8. Aurora East
  9. aurora glass
  10. Aurora Hill
  11. Aurora Hill Proper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aurora borealis (page history and authors); aurora borealis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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