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northern streamers

northern streamers noun: northern lights, aurora borealis.

Noun

northern streamers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) northern lights, aurora borealis
    • When the Kurnai of Victoria saw the Aurora Australis, which corresponds to the Northern Streamers of Europe, they exchanged wives for the day and swung the severed hand of a dead man towards it, shouting, "Send it away! do not let it burn us up!1884, Alfred William Howitt, “On Some Australian Beliefs”, in Journal of the Anthropological Institute, number 13, page 189

Questions about northern streamers

What does northern streamers mean?
Northern streamers means northern lights, aurora borealis.
What part of speech is northern streamers?
Northern streamers is a noun.

Words near northern streamers in the dictionary

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  2. Northern State
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  5. northern storm petrels
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  7. Northern Sunrise County
  8. Northern Tablelands
  9. Northern Territories
  10. Northern Territory
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