"night sky" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: night skies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} night sky (plural night skies)
  1. The sky as it is seen at night. Synonyms: night-sky, nightsky Translations (sky seen at night): yötaivas (Finnish), Nachthimmel [masculine] (German), 夜空 (yozora) (Japanese), nattehimmel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), natthimmel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nattehimmel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), natthimmel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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