polar night

English

Noun

polar night (plural polar nights)

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

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