welkin

n. Archaic

1. The vault of heaven; the sky.
2. The upper air.

[Middle English welken, from Old English wolcen, weolcen, cloud.]

(WEL-kin)

noun
The sky or heaven.

Etymology
From Old English wolcen (cloud)

Usage
"The MPs made the welkin, or at least the chamber, shake with mockery." — Simon Hoggart; Master of the Euro Flimflam Mountain; The Guardian (London, UK); Jun 26, 2007.

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noun

The celestial regions as seen from the earth: air, firmament, heaven (often used in plural), sky. See high/low.

1) the vault of heaven; the sky
2) the upper air, sky; air

IN BRIEF: n. - The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - himmelhvælv, himmel

Nederlands (Dutch)
hemel

Français (French)
n. - voûte céleste (littér)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Firmament, Himmelsgewölbe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (απαρχ. ή ποιητ.) ουρανός, στερέωμα, ουράνιος θόλος

Italiano (Italian)
cielo, volta celeste

Português (Portuguese)
n. - céu (m), abóbada celeste (f)

Русский (Russian)
небо

Español (Spanish)
n. - cielo, firmamento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - himmel (poet.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
天空, 苍穹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 天空, 蒼穹

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 창공, 하늘

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大空, 天国, 上空

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) السماء, الجو, الفضاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמיים, שחקים‬

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