polar lights

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noun(used with a plural verb)
  1. the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.

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How to use polar lights in a sentence

  • Or it is midnight, which suddenly becomes bright as day; the polar lights are in the heavens.

    Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for polar lights

polar lights

pl n
  1. the aurora borealis in the N hemisphere or the aurora australis in the S hemisphere

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