white night

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white night

noun white nights

  1. A sleepless night.
  2. A night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than six degrees below the horizon.

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noun a sleepless night

Españolnoche en blanco, noche toledana
Portuguêsnoite em claro, noite em branco
Françaisnuit blanche
Deutschweiße Nacht
Românănoapte albă

noun (astronomy) a night with only civil twilight, where the sun does not go further than 6° below the horizon

한국어백야 baegya
日本語白夜
中文白夜 báiyè
Русскийбе́лая ночь bélaja nočʹ

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@misc{white_night_2026,
  title = {white night},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20night},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}