Definition of Northern lights

1. Noun. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

Exact synonyms: Aurora Borealis
Generic synonyms: Aurora

Definition of Northern lights

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of northern lights) ¹

2. Noun. The aurora of the northern hemisphere. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northern Lights

northern cavefish
northern cricket frog
northern dune tansy
northern firmoss
northern firmosses
northern flicker
northern flickers
northern flying squirrel
northern harrier
northern hawk owl
northern hawk owls
northern hemisphere
northern holly fern
northern lapwing
northern lapwings
northern lights (current term)
northern mammoth
northern oak fern
northern oriole
northern parula
northern phalarope
northern pike
northern pikes
northern pin oak
northern pitch pine
northern pocket gopher
northern porgy
northern raven
northern red-backed vole
northern red oak

Literary usage of Northern lights

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"Such descriptions can only refer to northern lights. In the Greek and Latin classics we find more detailed descriptions of similar phenomena. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"B. LIPMAN UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA northern lights To THE EDITOR OF ... The northern lights, of which so many accounts were published in SCIENCE about this ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"northern lights. See Auroras Northern securities company Facts of the Northern securities case. JG Community service leagues in North Carolina. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"... and of the Commissioners of northern lights) observations on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the same. ..."

5. Letters of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1894)
"I dare say there are many as good, if not better, Arctic accounts than ' Under the northern lights,' but it was pleasant as read out to me by the rather ..."

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