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See also: Northern Lights

northern lights

northern lights pl ‎(plural only)

the aurora of the northern hemisphere

Bashkir: һаҙағай ‎(haðağay)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北極光 (zh), 北极光 (zh) ‎(běijíguāng)
Danish: nordlys n
Dutch: noorderlicht (nl) n, aurora borealis n
Esperanto: norda brilo
Faroese: norðlýsi n
Finnish: revontulet (fi)
French: aurore boréale (fr) f
Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ციალი ‎(črdiloetis ciali), ჩრდილოეთის ნათება ‎(črdiloetis nateba)
German: Nordlicht (de) n
Gwich'in: yakąįh, zheekąįh
Hebrew: זוהר הצפון m ‎(zóhar ha-tzafón)
Hungarian: északi fény
Icelandic: norðurljós (is) n pl

Italian: aurora boreale (it) f
Japanese: 北極光 ‎(ほっきょくこう, hokkyokukō), 北光 ‎(ほっこう, hokkō), オーロラ ‎(ōrora)
Navajo: yáhoodǫ́ǫ́zí
Newari: french ‎(french)
Northern Sami: guovssahas
Norwegian:

Bokmål: nordlys n

Nynorsk: nordlys n, nordljos n
Polish: zorza polarna (pl) f
Portuguese: aurora boreal f
Russian: се́верное сия́ние (ru) n ‎(sévernoje sijánije), се́верное поля́рное сия́ние n ‎(sévernoje poljárnoje sijánije)
Scottish Gaelic: fir-chlis m pl, Na Fir Chlis m pl
Skolt Sami: kuuskõõzz pl
Spanish: aurora boreal f
Swedish: norrsken (sv) n
Thai: แสงเหนือ ‎(sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa)