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polar night

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A period of continual darkness that occurs in winter in the polar regions of Earth, during which the sun never rises above the horizon.

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  • Arabic: اللَيْل القُطْبِيّ (al-layl al-quṭbiyy) — period of darkness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極夜 /极夜 (jíyè) — period of darkness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 永夜 (yǒngyè) — period of darkness
  • Dutch: poolnacht — period of darkness
  • Finnish: kaamos — period of darkness
  • French: nuit polaire — period of darkness
  • German: Polarnacht — period of darkness
  • Icelandic: heimskautanótt — period of darkness
  • Icelandic: heimskautsnótt — period of darkness
  • Ingrian: poljarnoi öö — period of darkness
  • Italian: notte polare — period of darkness
  • Japanese: 極夜 (kyokuya) — period of darkness
  • Korean: 극야 (geugya) — period of darkness
  • Norwegian: mørketid — period of darkness
  • Norwegian: polarnatt — period of darkness
  • Polish: noc polarna — period of darkness
  • Romanian: noapte polară — period of darkness
  • Russian: поля́рная ночь (poljárnaja nočʹ) — period of darkness
  • Inari-Sami: skammâ — period of darkness
  • Northern Sami: skábma — period of darkness
  • Northern Sami: sevdnjesáigi — period of darkness
  • Skolt-Sami: skamm — period of darkness
  • Spanish: noche polar — period of darkness
  • Swedish: polarnatt — period of darkness