"midnight sun" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪdnʌɪt sʌn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɪdˌnaɪt sʌn/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-midnight sun.ogg Forms: midnight suns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} midnight sun (usually uncountable, plural midnight suns)
  1. The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sun Related terms: polar night Translations (phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set): sol de mitjanit [masculine] (Catalan), 白夜 (baak⁶ je⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 白夜 (báiyè) (Chinese Mandarin), midnatssol [common-gender] (Danish), middernachtzon [feminine] (Dutch), keskööpäike (Estonian), keskiyön aurinko (Finnish), yötön yö (Finnish), soleil de minuit [masculine] (French), sol de media noite (Galician), შუაღამის მზე (šuaɣamis mze) (Georgian), Mitternachtssonne [feminine] (German), ήλιος του μεσονυκτίου (ílios tou mesonyktíou) [masculine] (Greek), miðnætursól [feminine] (Icelandic), poljarnoi päivä (Ingrian), 白夜 (alt: びゃくや, byakuya, はくや, hakuya) (Japanese), 백야 (baegya) (alt: 白夜) (Korean), gaskaijabeaivváš (Northern Sami), midnattssol [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), midnattssol [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dzień polarny [masculine] (Polish), sol da meia-noite [masculine] (Portuguese), nopți albe [feminine, plural] (Romanian), полуно́чное со́лнце (polunóčnoje sólnce) [neuter] (Russian), sol de medianoche [masculine] (Spanish), midnattssol [common-gender] (Swedish), zeneitasol (Volapük)

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          "summer solstice",
          "summer solstice"
        ],
        [
          "polar",
          "polar"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪdnʌɪt sʌn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪdˌnaɪt sʌn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sol de mitjanit"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "baak⁶ je⁶",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "白夜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "báiyè",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "白夜"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "midnatssol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "middernachtzon"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "keskööpäike"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "keskiyön aurinko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "yötön yö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soleil de minuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "sol de media noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šuaɣamis mze",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "შუაღამის მზე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitternachtssonne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ílios tou mesonyktíou",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ήλιος του μεσονυκτίου"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miðnætursól"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "poljarnoi päivä"
    },
    {
      "alt": "びゃくや, byakuya, はくや, hakuya",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "白夜"
    },
    {
      "alt": "白夜",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baegya",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "백야"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "gaskaijabeaivváš"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "midnattssol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "midnattssol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzień polarny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sol da meia-noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nopți albe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polunóčnoje sólnce",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полуно́чное со́лнце"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sol de medianoche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "midnattssol"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set",
      "word": "zeneitasol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "midnight sun"
}

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