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skyglow

noun
/ˈskaɪˌɡloʊ/

Etymology

From sky + glow.

  1. derived from *ǵʰleh₁-✻ — “to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”
  2. inherited from *glōaną✻ — “to glow”
  3. derived from *glówa✻
  4. inherited from *glōan✻ — “to glow”
  5. inherited from glōwan — “to glow”
  6. inherited from glouen
  7. compounded as skyglow — “sky + glow”

Definitions

  1. The illumination of the sky above populated areas, mostly by street lighting.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for skyglow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA