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southern lights

southern lights noun: the aurora of the southern hemisphere.

southern lights: the aurora of the southern hemisphere
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Noun

southern lights pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The aurora of the southern hemisphere.
    • The Southern Lights were again seen last night.1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 18 February

southern lights meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese

southern lights in Hindi

southern lights, aurora australis
कुमेरुज्योति kumerujyoti

southern lights in Tamil

தென்முனைச் சுடரொளி, தென்னொளிகள்

southern lights in Thai

the aurora of the southern hemisphere
แสงใต้ sɛ̌ɛng-dtâai

southern lights in Vietnamese

the aurora of the southern hemisphere
nam cực quang

Synonyms of southern lights

Questions about southern lights

What does southern lights mean?
Southern lights means the aurora of the southern hemisphere.
What is southern lights in Hindi?
Southern lights in Hindi is कुमेरुज्योति (kumerujyoti). See Southern lights meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is southern lights?
Southern lights is a noun.

Words near southern lights in the dictionary

  1. southern lamprey
  2. southern lampreys
  3. southern lapwing
  4. southern lapwings
  5. Southern Leyte
  6. southern lights
  7. southern litter skink
  8. southern litter skinks
  9. southern magnolia
  10. southern magnolias
  11. southern mahogany

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Adapted from Wiktionary: southern lights (page history and authors); कुमेरुज्योति (Hindi) (page history and authors); southern lights (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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