white night

English

Noun

white night (plural white nights)

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

Translations

night with only civil twilight

Dutch: witte nacht f
Finnish: valkea yö

French: nuit blanche (fr)
German: weiße Nacht (de) f

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

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