southern lights

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

southern lights

southern lights

First recorded in 1765–75

The whistling northern and southern lights have never existed.

There is reason to believe that the southern lights had never been seen by any navigator before this voyage of Cook's.

We had a smart frost during the night, which was curiously illuminated with the southern lights.

Cook was the first navigator who recorded the southern lights.

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