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aurora
/əˈɹɔɹ.ə/
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What does aurora mean?
noun
- An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
- The Roman goddess of the dawn, equivalent to the Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs).
- The dawn or early morning light itself; the first light of day.
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proper noun
- Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
- A female given name from Latin, in regular use since the 19th century.
- 94 Aurora, a main belt asteroid.
- the Russian cruiser Aurora, a cruiser of Soviet Navy.
- the dawn
- A town in Ontario, Canada; named for the goddess.
- A town in the Western Cape, South Africa; named for the goddess.
- A town in Suriname.
- A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon. Capital: Baler.
- A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
- A historical district of Turin, Italy.
- A municipality of Ceará.
- A municipality of Santa Catarina.
- A municipality of Isabela.
- A municipality of Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon.
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in California.
- A large city in Arapahoe County, Adams County and Douglas County, Colorado; named for the goddess.
- A city mainly in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, and suburb of Chicago; named for the goddess.
- A city in Indiana; named for the goddess.
- A city in Iowa; named for the village of East Aurora, New York.
- A city in Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
- A rural town in Hancock County, Maine; named for the goddess.
- A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
- A city in Missouri; named for the goddess.
- A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Nebraska; named for the city in Illinois.
- A ghost town in Nevada; named for the goddess.
- A village in the town of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York.
- A town in Erie County, New York.
- A town in North Carolina.
- A city in Ohio.
- A city in Oregon; named for the daughter of the founder, Prussian-American mystic William Keil.
- A town in South Dakota; named for the city in Illinois.
- A city in Texas.
- A city in Utah; named for the aurora borealis seen in the area.
- A census-designated place in West Virginia.
- A town in Florence County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Wisconsin.
- A ghost town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
- (historical) Maewo (an island of Vanuatu).
- (historical) Makatea (an island of French Polynesia).
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By the aid of the Casterbridge aurora, and by feeling with her hands, the woman selected two sticks from the heaps.
There was, perhaps, only one thing that Aurora Rome was clever about, and that was one half of humanity--the other half.
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A vast dawn of ideas is the peculiarity of our century, and in that aurora England and Germany have a magnificent radiance.
Later, when the new ice had formed round the Aurora, the cable was dragged ashore over the smooth surface and made fast.
I had decided, too, to make it the first magnetic station and the point from which to visit and explore Aurora Peak.