midnight sun

[ mid-nahyt suhn ]

noun

1. the sun visible at midnight in Arctic and Antarctic regions during their summer months.

midnight sun

noun

1. the sun visible at midnight during local summer inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles

Word History and Origins

Origin of midnight sun¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Cecilia Blomdahl stands in the entryway of her cabin, panning the camera to reveal a body of water glittering with light from the midnight sun.

From Outside Online

The midnight sun makes the crime low and the people cheerful from midsummer until the first days of autumn.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. ambassador to Sweden, with its “blond platinum diplomats straight through the Midnight Sun.”

From The Daily Beast

Eighteen years later, Karenstua Café is as much a part of the Myken summer as the midnight sun.

From The Daily Beast

The depot showed up well in the north-west as a bright golden spot in the low midnight sun.

From Project Gutenberg

After the ship sailed, and the land of the midnight sun had become icy and black, one of these comrades fell ill, and soon died.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, at Cape Prince of Wales you must have seen the midnight sun?

From Project Gutenberg

That is a Yankee going to see the midnight sun; go and talk to him.

From Project Gutenberg

The Midnight Sun is a grand steamer of 3,178 tons, and she was especially fitted out for yachting purposes.

From Project Gutenberg