southern lights

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A research station in Antarctica with southern lights in the background

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southern lights pl (plural only)

  1. The aurora of the southern hemisphere. [from 18th c.]
    • 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 18 February:
      The Southern Lights were again seen last night.

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