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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
aurora borealis
 
SYLLABICATION:aurora bo·re·al·is
PRONUNCIATION:  bôr-ls, br-
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. aurora bo·re·al·is·es (--sz) or aurorae borealis
An aurora that occurs in northern regions of the earth. Also called northern lights.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin aurra borelis : Latin aurra, dawn + Latin borelis, northern.
 
 
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