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Night

Definition: Night

Night

Noun

1. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.

2. The time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night".

3. The period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night".

4. The dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed".

5. Darkness; "it vanished into the night".

6. A shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night".

7. A period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom.

8. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "night" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Night

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

If you are surrounded by night in your dreams, you may expect unusual oppression and hardships in business. If the night seems to be vanishing, conditions which hitherto seemed unfavorable will now grow bright, and affairs will assume prosperous phases. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Night The celebrated statue of Night, in Florence, is the chef d'oeuvre of Michael Angelo. In the gallery of the Luxembourg. Paris, is the famous picture of Night by Rubens; and at Versailles is the painting of Mignard. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Transportation

The hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight or such other period between sunset and sunrise, as may be prescribed by the appropriate authority. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Night

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Night is the time when a location is facing away from the Sun, and thus dark. On Earth, it is night on just under half the planet at any time. (The atmosphere refracts sunlight in such a way that some of it reaches the ground even when the sun is below the horizon.) When it is night on one side of the planet, it is day on the other side. Because of the rotation of Earth about its axis, it is alternately day and night, which together form a 24-hour day. The nights are shorter in summer and longer in winter. At the fall and spring equinoxes, the day and night are the same length (a 1:1 ratio of day to night). The summer and winter solstices mark the shortest night and the longest night, respectively.

The closer a location is to the North or South Pole, the larger the range of variation in the night's length. For example, in locations near the poles, equinoxes still occur with a day and night of equal length. However, after an equinox, the ratio of night to day changes more rapidly than in locations between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Northern Hemisphere, Denmark has shorter nights in June than India has. In the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctica has longer nights in June than Chile has. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the world experience the same patterns of night length depending on their latitude, but the cycles are 6 months apart so that one hemisphere experiences long nights (winter) while the other experiences short nights (summer).

Near the poles there is every year a summer period in which it is day only, a winter period in which it is night only, and the rest of the year one day and night every 24 hours.

Throughout most of history, night was primarily a time of rest, because little work can be done in the dark. As artificial lighting has improved, night-time activity has increased and become a significant part of the economy in many places.

Even without artificial light, moonlight sometimes makes it possible to travel or work outdoors at night.

Night is often associated with danger, because bandits and dangerous animals can be concealed by darkness. The belief in magic often includes the idea that magic, or magicians, are more powerful at night. Similarly, vampires and werewolves are thought to be more active at night.

See also day, nocturnal, Olbers paradox

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Night."

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Synonyms: Night

Synonyms: dark (n), nighttime (n). (additional references)
Antonym: day (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Night

English words defined with "night": black-crowned night heronDeep of nightMidsummer Nightnight bell, Night cart, night court, Night crow, Night dog, Night fire, Night flyer, night game, night glass, Night hag, Night heron, Night house, night jasmine, night jessamine, Night key, night owl, Night piece, night porter, Night rail, Night raven, Night rule, night shift, Night snap, Night soil, Night spell, Night walk, Night walker, Night walking, night warbler, Night watch, Night watcher, night watchman, Night witchSt John's Nightthis nightWatch night, wedding nightyellow-crowned night heron. (references)
Specialty definitions using "night": Candles of the Night, Cold Night Sky, Command Nightday night sound levelFrankum's NightMistress of the NightNicka-Nan Night, Night Care, NIGHT MAGISTRATE, night mode, night myopia, night pair, night radiation cooling, night safe, Nutcrack Nightradiant cooling to the night skyShelter/Street Night. (references)
Etymologies containing "night": Yestreen. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Night" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Pidgin English (night).

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Modern Usage: Night

DomainUsage

Screenplays

why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

I go on, night ever night (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

You expect me to believe that scantily clad, in the arms of another man, in the middle of the night, inside an elephant you were rehearsing for a play (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

By night known as Hogarth (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird)

Lyrics

Yeah you shook me all night long (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC)

Last night, there was no planning it (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet)

Workin' on our night moves (Night Moves; performing artist: BOB SEGER; writing credit: Bob Seger)

Say you wanna stay the night (Stay The Night; performing artist: Imx)

I Just Want To Be There With Someone When The Night Comes (When The Night Comes; performing artist: Joe Cocker)

Clever

Prayers should be the key to the day and the lock of night. (references; author: English Proverb)

If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their lights off? (references; author: unknown)

Sleeping on the job: Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won’t wear off. (references; author: unknown)

You've reached middle age when the phone rings on Saturday night you pray it isn't for you. (references; author: unknown)

She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Night of the Twisters (1996)

This Could Be the Night (1993)

Friday Night (2003)

Night Games (1974)

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

Song Titles

Night Visiting Sun, The (performing artist: The Dublin Ramblers)

Strangers In The Night (performing artist: Frank Sinatra)

Give Me The Night (performing artist: George Benson)

DISCO NIGHT (ROCK FREAK)  (performing artist: GQ )

Stay The Night (performing artist: Imx)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Night

DomainTitle

Books

  • Every Night Italian: 120 Simple Delicious Recipes You Can Make in 45 Minutes or Less (reference)

  • The 3-D Night Before Christmas (reference)

  • Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker (reference)

  • The Night Trilogy: Night Dawn the Accident (reference)

  • Do You Admit Not Making Love on Your Wedding Night (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (Strong Poison / Have His Carcass / Gaudy Night) (reference)

  • Sports Night - The Complete Series Boxed Set (reference)

  • The Night They Saved Christmas (reference)

  • Twas the Night Before Christmas (reference)

  • Twelfth Night (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Night

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Photo Album: Night

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Seen is the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center at night with the moon. Shot taken from the northwest side of the building. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Hong Kong at night. Credit: CDC.

Night Scene on Patpong Street Entertainment District, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: CDC.

Night Vision Goggles. Credit: NASA.

Night Time Test Firing. Credit: NASA.

A-1 Test Stand Night Firing. Credit: NASA.

USA at Night. Credit: NASA.

Tape contact at middle of comparator Basically calibrating steel tapes - first use of steel measuring tapes by C&GS Nine bases being measured on 98th Meridian by base line party under A.L. Baldwin Fig. No. 15, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 260 Work done at night to reduce expansion and contraction of steel tape. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Cut-off, i.e. flashlight, in use at night on comparator Night-time operations in comparing lengths of steel tapes Fig. No. 13, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 258. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Kayaking on a foggy full moon night. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Night
 

"Night cars 2" by Florin Fara
Commentary: "Cars by night."
"Hong Kong Night" by Henry Wong
Commentary: "Central Plaza and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Night".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Summer night sounds.High fog horn sounding in the night.
Barn owl hooting in the night.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Night

AuthorQuotation

Confucius

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

Edward Young

By night an atheist half believes in God.

English Proverb

Prayers should be the key to the day and the lock of night.

George Herbert

Night is the mother of counsels.

Joseph Joubert

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

Matthew Prior

Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.

Rupert Brooke

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

Seneca

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

William Shakespeare

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Night

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Hereafter, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease while the earth remaineth. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Employment of children: (a) Minimum age of employment; (b) During the night; (c) In unhealthy processes. (reference)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1913)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Night

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Harriet slept at Hartfield that night.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

We sat on, talking, while hour after hour, of this our last night together, glided away unnoticed

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

The third upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

But of late, since the night of his vigil, all her sympathies towards him had been both softened and invigorated

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Their veil is the enwoven night.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

By day and by night he moved among distorted images of the outer world

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Then certifies your lordship that this night He dreamt the boar had razed off his helm

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And in the night one family camps in a ditch and another family pulls in and the tents come out.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

It was a clear night.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Night

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Use a humidifier at night. (references)

These symptoms are often worse at night. (references)

If your feet are cold at night wear socks. (references)

Business

The eleven U.K. morning papers are “put to bed” at night. (references)

The activities of those 14 and 15 years of age are so restricted as to be uneconomic (no night or hazardous work and limited hours). (references)

This is partly due to the fact that many people, particularly those living in towns and cities, have nowhere to park their vehicles at night other than in the street. (references)

Children

Brazil

Some are homeless, but the majority returned home at night. (references)

Brazil

In 2000 a study in the city of Sao Paulo found 609 children living permanently on the street; a much greater number of children spend their days on the streets, but have families with whom they spend the night. (references)

Mongolia

The Government does not publish statistics on street children; however, the 2000 census numbered homeless youths between 7 and 19 years of age at approximately 1,300. NGO's place street children in three categories: those who are homeless, those who have homes but left because of abuse or poverty, and those who beg or scavenge and return home at night. (references)

Civil Liberties

Macedonia

The next night, on December 9, the mosque in Bitola caught fire. (references)

Guinea

Travelers face harassment by police and at military roadblocks, particularly late at night. (references)

Congo

The significant risk of rape, sometimes perpetrated by uniformed men, restricted freedom of movement at night for women in some neighborhoods. (references)

Economic History

Poland

Rural road travel is particularly difficult and very dangerous at night. (references)

Estonia

Deportations also quickly followed, beginning on the night of June 14, 1941. (references)

Bulgaria

The U.S. Embassy in Sofia recommends against driving Bulgaria's roads at night. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

A night court has had some success in reducing the backlog of cases. (references)

Bangladesh

Persons who lived nearby reported hearing screams and groans during the night. (references)

Zimbabwe

Dhliwayo reportedly was arguing with MDC supporters during the night before the killing. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

Also in June, a night guard in a vegetable garden shot and killed two Romani men in Mogila, near Yambol. (references)

Bulgaria

Later the same night, a large group of Orthodox believers attacked the Evangelical's camp, vandalizing it and beating the Evangelicals. (references)

Georgia

They tied the night watchmen and used a blowtorch to force their way into the room where all of the church's valuables were kept in a safe. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

Under this law, no child can work overtime or at night. (references)

PANAMA

Children under age 16 cannot work overtime; those under 18 cannot work at night. (references)

MALAYSIA

Child labor can also be found in urban areas in family-run food businesses, night markets and small-scale manufacturing. (references)

Political Rights

Yugoslavia

Kostunica declared himself President of Yugoslavia that night and 2 days later Milosevic conceded electoral defeat. (references)

Peru

The majority of complaints concerned the congressional election, and many were related to mistakes by poll workers filling out the vote tally sheets on election night. (references)

Travel

Bahrain

Travel at night is more hazardous. (references)

Women

Iran

The Siqeh marriage may last for a night or as little as 30 minutes. (references)

Indonesia

For example, employers may not require pregnant women or unmarried women under 18 to work at night. (references)

Bangladesh

Often the perpetrator flings the acid in through an open window during the night, making cases difficult to prove. (references)

Worker Rights

Nicaragua

The law limits the workday for such children to 6 hours and prohibits night work. (references)

Iran

By law women and minors may not be employed in hard labor or, in general, night work. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The law on labor prohibits children from performing hazardous work, such as night work. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BODY-:SNATCHER:, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker. The hyena. "One night," a doctor said, "last fall, I and my comrades, four in all, When visiting a graveyard stood Within the shadow of a wall. "While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink! "Shocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade." Bettel K. Jhones

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Night

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

This friend wondered if you're not doing anything, you know, Saturday night, if you would like to have dinner. At her place.

Connie Francis

I mean, I will get up in the middle of the night and I'll be crying and I'll be in hysterics and I still remember bits and pieces of that whole event.

Don Hewitt

Yeah, but I got to tell you, in a nutshell, that night of the presidential debate was the worst night that ever happened in American politics.

Gene Wilder

Yes! And I'm that little boy you used to bathe and tuck into bed and bring warm milk and cookies too, just before you kissed me good night.

Mark Shields

Thursday night in New York City at a political dinner, Vice President Cheney had some criticism for those who are raising questions. Let's look at it.

Maureen O'Hara

Maybe that particular night. But I had the cartilage removed from all of my fingers and part of my first finger removed.

Phyllis Diller

When I go to bed at night, I've got so much grease on my body, I wear snow chains to hold up my gown.

Rush Limbaugh

But if you can get a short nap in and wake up, it will be the same effect as if you had gotten six hours of sleep the night before.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Night

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Through the night of their bondage, the unconquerable will of heroes has struck with the swift, sharp thrust of lightning.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Of course, at my age, every night's a very special night.

George Bush

1989-1993We don't have to talk late into the night about which form of government is better.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001You must read with your children every night.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Night

"Night" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.98% of the time. "Night" is used about 36,490 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.98%36,482223
Noun (proper)0.02%8124,375
                    Total100.00%36,490N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Night

The following table summarizes the usage of "night" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
NightLast name13069,648
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Night

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "night".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
ChelalN/ABiblical

As night

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Night

Expressions using "night": a day and a night all night all night long at dead of night at night be on the night shift be up all night bed night benefit night bid smb. good night bird of night bonfire night by day and by night by night christmas night danced all night darkness of night day and night day night sound level day or night lettergrams day or night letters dead of night deep into the night Deep of night dirty night every night far into the night first night from morning till night frosty night good night good night and sweet repose! guest night have a good night have a room for the night have a wakeful night in the dead of night in the deep of night in the hush of night in the middle of the night in the night keep over night keeping over night lady of the night last night late night late night club late that night like a thief in the night lodge for the night lodging for the night make a night of it make the bed for the night midsummer Night moonlight night morning noon and night mozart night night after night night and day night attack night Before Christmas night bell night binoculars night bird night blindness night brawl night by night night cap Night Care night cart night churr night clothes night cloud night club night coach night cooling night court night crow night dog night dream night dress night duty night editor night effect night fight night fighter night fire night flight night flyer night fog night frost night game night glass night glasses night gown night green night guard night hag night hawk night heron night house. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "night": night-and-day, night-anglers, night-attack, night-attire, night-bar, night-beat, Night-before-christmas, night-bell, night-bird, night-black, night-blanket, night-blind, Night-blindness, night-bloom, Night-blooming, Night-blooming cereus, night-blue, night-boat, night-bombing, night-burning, night-call, night-cap, night-caps, night-cart, night-cellar, night-chair, night-classes, night-cleaner, night-clothes, night-club, night-clubbers, night-clubbing, night-clubby, night-clubs, night-cream, night-crow, night-crows, night-dark, night-darkness, night-day, night-desert, night-dog, night-dress, night-dresses, night-duty, Night-eyed, night-fall, Night-faring, night-fighter, night-fighters, night-fighting, night-fire, night-fish, night-fishing, night-flight, night-flower, night-fly, night-flying, night-foxes, night-glass, night-glasses, night-gown, night-gowned, night-grey, night-hag, Night-hawk, night-heron, night-hours, night-houses, night-hunt, night-hunting, night-images, night-intruder, Night-joseph, night-letter, night-life, Night-lifers, night-light, night-lights, night-line, night-locks, night-long, night-mair, night-mares, night-marish, night-moor, night-moths, night-night, night-night!, night-nurse, night-nursing, night-only, night-orientated, night-out, night-owl, night-people, night-person, night-piece, night-porter, night-pot, night-prowling, night-purple, night-rail, night-rainbows, night-rate, night-raven, night-really, night-recording, night-ride, night-rider, night-riders, night-riding, night-robber, night-robe, night-run, night-safe, night-scene, night-scenes, night-scented, night-school, night-screws, night-service, night-service fare, night-set, night-shapes, night-shift, night-shifts, night-shirt, night-shirts, night-side, night-sight, night-sights, night-singer, night-sky, night-soil, night-sounds, night-spell, night-spinning, night-spot, night-spots, night-stands, night-stick, night-stool, night-stop, night-storage heater, night-sun, night-sweated, night-sweats, night-table, night-telephonist, night-there, night-thoughts, night-tide, night-time, night-times, Night-town, night-trip, night-tripper, night-tripping, night-vision, night-waking, night-walk, night-walkers, night-warmth, night-watch, night-watchman, night-watchmen, night-wear, night-woatchman, night-work, night-worker, night-workers.

Ending with "night": all-night, day-night, election-night, first-night, four-night, good-night, late-night, night-night, ni-night, one-night, over-night, saturday-night, seven-night, six-night, three-night, to-night, two-night.

Containing "night": one-night-stand.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Night

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

night club

5,595

this is your night

482

club fire night station

4,617

night vision goggles

460

neverwinter night

4,494

cd key neverwinter night

438

night

2,422

sunday night sex show

437

saturday night live

2,367

boogie night

427

night vision

1,277

hot august night

427

hot import night

1,027

night photography

410

night sweats

1,010

day night shopping

410

starry night

888

girl night

408

van gogh starry night

757

never winter night

403

fright night

720

lyrics night this

398

midsummer night dream

690

drove i night

393

neverwinter night through walk

688

las vegas night club

377

cheat neverwinter night

637

night terror

367

night light

624

monday night football

361

prom night

606

castlevania symphony of the night

343

saturday night fever

554

arabian night

336

three dog night

546

wedding night

332

night life

500

club dream night

327

night sky

489

night ranger

323
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Night

Language Translations for "night"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

nag. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

natë (dark, darkness, nighttime). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ليل, ‏الليل (night time), ‏الغروب (nightfall, sundown, sunset), ‏ظلمة (darkness, gloominess, mirk, murk, opacity, shadow, sombreness, umbra), ‏ظلام (blackness, dark, gloom, gloominess, mirk, murk, obscurity, sadness, shade). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

nueche. (various references)

   

Aymara

  

aruma. (various references)

   

Basque

  

gau. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

ubushiku. (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

ko'kó (to be night). (various references)

   

Breton

  

nozvezh. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

черни дни, вечер (eve, even, evening, evenings, eventide, nightfall, vesper), нощен (nightly, nocturnal, overnight, vespertine), нощ (night time), невежество (ignorance), мрачни дни, мрак (dark, darkness, gloom, mirk, murk, obscurity, opacity, opaqueness, shades, shadows, the opaque), представление (act, entertainment, house, performance, play, production, puppetry, representation, show). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

nit. (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

gabii. (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

puengi. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

. (various references)

   

Cornish

  

nós. (various references)

   

Croatian

  

noæi, noæ. (various references)

   

Czech

  

noc (night time, nighttime). (various references)

   

Danish

  

nat. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nacht. (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

tuta. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

nokto. (various references)

   

Estonian

  

ööd. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

nátt. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

غروب (Evening, Sundown), تاریکی (Gloom, Umbrage), شب هنگام (Nightfall), شب (Eve), برنامه شبانه . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

. (various references)

   

Flemish

  

overnachting. (various references)

   

French

  

nuit (night time). (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

nuit. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

nacht. (various references)

   

Galician

  

noite. (various references)

   

German

  

Nacht. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νύχτα (night time), νύκτα. (various references)

   

Guarani

  

pyhare, pyharépe (at night). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

nuit. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

natë. (various references)

   

Hebrew