"southern lights" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} southern lights pl (plural only)
  1. The aurora of the southern hemisphere. Wikipedia link: southern lights Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms (the aurora of the southern hemisphere): aurora australis Coordinate_terms (the aurora of the northern hemisphere): aurora borealis, northern lights Translations (the aurora of the southern hemisphere): suiderligte (Afrikaans), һаҙағай (haźağay) (english: without specifying the hemisphere) (Bashkir), көньяҡ һаҙағай (könʹyaq haźağay) (Bashkir), sydlys [neuter] (Danish), antarkta aŭroro (Esperanto), revontulet [plural] (Finnish), aurore australe (French), déli fény [singular] (Hungarian), suðurljós [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), Na Gealáin Theas [masculine, plural] (Irish), sørlys [neuter] (Norwegian), zorza polarna [feminine] (Polish), auroră australă [feminine] (Romanian), южное полярное сия́ние (južnoje poljarnoje sijánije) [neuter] (Russian), fir-chlis [masculine, plural] (Scottish Gaelic), aurora austral [feminine] (Spanish), sydsken [neuter] (Swedish), แสงใต้ (sɛ̌ɛng-dtâai) (Thai), півде́нне ся́йво (pivdénne sjájvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), nam cực quang (Vietnamese)

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