OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35526

midnight sun

/ˈmɪdnʌɪt sʌn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sol de medianoche
The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.
He has only retained three engravings; namely, a map of the country, which is very little known, from Torneo to North Cape; a View of Torneo by the midnight moon; and a View of Nor…
Locked icebergs splintering through the awful night; / And quenchless midnight suns with their wild scarlet light.
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