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"ref": "2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30",
"text": "A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. […] Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.",
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"roman": "dhrubiyô jyoti",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "ଧ୍ରୁବୀୟ ଜ୍ୟୋତି"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "شفق قطبی"
},
{
"code": "sje",
"lang": "Pite Sami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "guoksagis"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zorza polarna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora boreal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auroră polară"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auroră boreală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sévernoje sijánije",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "се́верное сия́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sévernoje poljárnoje sijánije",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "се́верное поля́рное сия́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Na Fir-chlis"
},
{
"code": "sms",
"lang": "Skolt Sami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "kuuskõõzz"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polárna žiara"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "polarni sij"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora boreal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "norrsken"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "turuva oḷi",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "துருவ ஒளி"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "แสงเหนือ"
},
{
"alt": "xarp°",
"code": "yrk",
"lang": "Tundra Nenets",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "харп"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "kutup ışıkları"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poljarne sjajvo",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "полярне сяйво"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pivníčne sjájvo",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "півні́чне ся́йво"
},
{
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "kìshahtèk"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "qutb yogʻdusi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "bắc cực quang"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "goleuni'r gogledd"
}
]
}
],
"word": "northern lights"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "aurora australis"
},
{
"word": "southern lights"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "County of Northern Lights"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "p"
},
"expansion": "northern lights pl (plural only)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Bashkir terms with redundant script codes",
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"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English pluralia tantum",
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"Terms with Assamese translations",
"Terms with Asturian translations",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Bashkir translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Bengali translations",
"Terms with Breton translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Chukchi translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Faroese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Greenlandic translations",
"Terms with Gwich'in translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Inuktitut translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Kazakh translations",
"Terms with Komi-Zyrian translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Lower Tanana translations",
"Terms with Lule Sami translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Navajo translations",
"Terms with Northern Mansi translations",
"Terms with Northern Sami translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Terms with Odia translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Pite Sami translations",
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"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Skolt Sami translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tamil translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Tundra Nenets translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Unami translations",
"Terms with Uzbek translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30",
"text": "A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. […] Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The aurora of the northern hemisphere."
],
"links": [
[
"aurora",
"aurora"
],
[
"hemisphere",
"hemisphere"
]
],
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aurora borealis"
},
{
"tags": [
"Shetland"
],
"word": "mirrie dancers"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "noorderligte"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "شفق قطبي"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "beweṙapʻayl",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "բևեռափայլ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "meruprobha",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "মেৰুপ্ৰভা"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora polar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "qütb parıltısı"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "haźağay",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "һаҙағай"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paljarnaje zzjannje",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "палярнае ззянне"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "merujjōti",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "মেরুজ্যোতি"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "tarzh-gouloù"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "severno sijanie",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "северно сияние"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "aurora boreal"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "北極光"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "běijíguāng",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "北极光"
},
{
"code": "ckt",
"lang": "Chukchi",
"roman": "jyṇėttėt",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "йыӈэттэт"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polární záře"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nordlys"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "polarlys"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "noorderlicht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aurora borealis"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "arkta aŭroro"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "nordlumo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "norda brilo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "virmalised"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "norðlýsi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pólalýsi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "revontulet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurore boréale"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurore polaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora polar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "črdiloetis ciali",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "ჩრდილოეთის ციალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "črdiloetis nateba",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "ჩრდილოეთის ნათება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Nordlicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Polarlicht"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vóreio sélas",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βόρειο σέλας"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "arsarnerit"
},
{
"code": "gwi",
"lang": "Gwich'in",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "yakąįh"
},
{
"code": "gwi",
"lang": "Gwich'in",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "zheekąįh"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "zóhar ha-tzafón",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "זוהר הצפון"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dhruvīya jyoti",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "ध्रुवीय ज्योति"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "északi fény"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "norðurljós"
},
{
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"roman": "arsaniq",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "ᐊᕐᓴᓂᖅ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "na Saighneáin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Na Gealáin Thuaidh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora boreale"
},
{
"alt": "ほっきょくこう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hokkyokukō",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "北極光"
},
{
"alt": "ほっこう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hokkō",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "北光"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōrora",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "オーロラ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "polärlyq şūğyla",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "полярлық шұғыла"
},
{
"code": "kpv",
"lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
"roman": "voj kya",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "вой кыа"
},
{
"code": "kpv",
"lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
"roman": "vostym",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "востым"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "orora",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "오로라"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "kāvi"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ziemeļblāzma"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "šiaurės pašvaistė"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poliarinė pašvaistė"
},
{
"code": "taa",
"lang": "Lower Tanana",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "yoyekoyh"
},
{
"code": "smj",
"lang": "Lule Sami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "guovsagis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "polarna svetlina",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поларна светлина"
},
{
"code": "mns-nor",
"lang": "Northern Mansi",
"roman": "sisʹnoj",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "сисьной"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "yáhoodǫ́ǫ́zí"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "nahoogaii"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "guovssahas"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nordlys"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nordlys"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nordljos"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "dhrubiyô jyoti",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "ଧ୍ରୁବୀୟ ଜ୍ୟୋତି"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "شفق قطبی"
},
{
"code": "sje",
"lang": "Pite Sami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "guoksagis"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zorza polarna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora boreal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auroră polară"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auroră boreală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sévernoje sijánije",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "се́верное сия́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sévernoje poljárnoje sijánije",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "се́верное поля́рное сия́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Na Fir-chlis"
},
{
"code": "sms",
"lang": "Skolt Sami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "kuuskõõzz"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polárna žiara"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "polarni sij"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aurora boreal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "norrsken"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "turuva oḷi",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "துருவ ஒளி"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sɛ̌ɛng-nʉ̌ʉa",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "แสงเหนือ"
},
{
"alt": "xarp°",
"code": "yrk",
"lang": "Tundra Nenets",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "харп"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "kutup ışıkları"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poljarne sjajvo",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "полярне сяйво"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pivníčne sjájvo",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "півні́чне ся́йво"
},
{
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "kìshahtèk"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "qutb yogʻdusi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "bắc cực quang"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "the aurora of the northern hemisphere",
"word": "goleuni'r gogledd"
}
],
"word": "northern lights"
}
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