southern lights

noun (used with a plural verb) Astronomy.

aurora australis.

Origin of southern lights

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby southern lights

southern fish, southern fur seal, southern gothic, southern hemisphere, southern ireland, southern lights, southern ocean, southern oscillation, southern paiute, southern redbelly dace, southern rhodesia

British Dictionary definitions for southern lights

southern lights

pl n

another name for aurora australis

Scientific definitions for southern lights

southern lights

See under aurora.