polar night

English

Noun

polar night (plural polar nights)

1. A period of darkness that occurs in winter in polar regions north from the Arctic Circle and south from the Antarctic Circle, and during which the sun stays below the horizon.

Translations

period of darkness

• Arabic: اللَيْل القُطْبِيّ m (al-layl al-quṭbiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極夜／极夜 (zh) (jíyè), 永夜 (zh) (yǒngyè) (Taiwan)

• Dutch: poolnacht (nl) f
• Finnish: kaamos (fi)
• French: nuit polaire (fr) f
• German: Polarnacht (de) f
• Icelandic: heimskautanótt (is) f, heimskautsnótt (is) f
• Inari Sami: skammâ
• Italian: notte polare f
• Japanese: 極夜 (ja) (kyokuya)
• Korean: 극야 (ko) (geugya)
• Northern Sami: skábma, sevdnjesáigi
• Norwegian: mørketid, polarnatt
• Polish: noc polarna f
• Romanian: noapte polară (ro) f
• Russian: полярная ночь f (poljarnaja nočʹ)
• Skolt Sami: skamm
• Spanish: noche polar f
• Swedish: polarnatt c

See also

• midnight sun