Aura

See also: aura, AURA, àura, aură, aurá, and aurą

English

Alternative forms

• Ora

Proper noun

Aura

1. A female given name from Latin shortened from Aurelia.
   • 1861 W. W. Fosdick - George R. Poulton, Aura Lea (a song):

     Aura Lea, Aura Lea, / Maid with golden hair;

2. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A minor female deity. See Aura (mythology).

Usage notes

• (given name): Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the end of the 19th century.

Anagrams

• Aaru, Arau

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Faroese

Proper noun

Aura f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Aura: Auruson
• daughter of Aura: Aurudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Aura
Accusative	Auru
Dative	Auru
Genitive	Auru

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯rɑ/, [ˈɑu̯rɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑurɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Au‧ra

Etymology 1

The municipality is named after the river, probably from Old Swedish aþra (thus doublet of Eura).

Proper noun

Aura

1. A municipality near Turku in Southwest Finland.
2. Synonym of Aurajoki (“a river in Southwest Finland”)

Declension

• (municipality): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when talking about location; for example, "in Aura" is Aurassa.

Inflection of Aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Aura	—
genitive		Auran	—
partitive		Auraa	—
illative		Auraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Aura	—
accusative	nom.	Aura	—
	gen.	Auran
genitive		Auran	—
partitive		Auraa	—
inessive		Aurassa	—
elative		Aurasta	—
illative		Auraan	—
adessive		Auralla	—
ablative		Auralta	—
allative		Auralle	—
essive		Aurana	—
translative		Auraksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Auratta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Aura (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Aurani	Auramme
2nd person	Aurasi	Auranne
3rd person	Auransa

Etymology 2

< aura (“plough, plow”)

Proper noun

Aura

1. (astronomy) Synonym of Otava

Declension

Inflection of Aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Aura	—
genitive		Auran	—
partitive		Auraa	—
illative		Auraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Aura	—
accusative	nom.	Aura	—
	gen.	Auran
genitive		Auran	—
partitive		Auraa	—
inessive		Aurassa	—
elative		Aurasta	—
illative		Auraan	—
adessive		Auralla	—
ablative		Auralta	—
allative		Auralle	—
essive		Aurana	—
translative		Auraksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Auratta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Aura (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Aurani	Auramme
2nd person	Aurasi	Auranne
3rd person	Auransa

Etymology 3

Shortened from Aurora.

Proper noun

Aura

1. a female given name from Latin
   • 2019, Riikka Pelo, Kaikki elävä, Teos, →ISBN, page 368:

     Muistin nyt hänen nimensä. Aura. Aura. Aura. Elämänvoima. Sädekehä. Valo. Sähkömagneettinen kenttä.

     Then her name came back to me. Aura. Aura. Aura. Life force. Halo. Light. Electromagnetic field.

Declension

Inflection of Aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Aura	Aurat
genitive		Auran	Aurojen
partitive		Auraa	Auroja
illative		Auraan	Auroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Aura	Aurat
accusative	nom.	Aura	Aurat
	gen.	Auran
genitive		Auran	Aurojen Aurainrare
partitive		Auraa	Auroja
inessive		Aurassa	Auroissa
elative		Aurasta	Auroista
illative		Auraan	Auroihin
adessive		Auralla	Auroilla
ablative		Auralta	Auroilta
allative		Auralle	Auroille
essive		Aurana	Auroina
translative		Auraksi	Auroiksi
instructive		—	Auroin
abessive		Auratta	Auroitta
comitative		—	Auroineen

Possessive forms of Aura (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Aurani	Auramme
2nd person	Aurasi	Auranne
3rd person	Auransa

Anagrams

• raau, uraa

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʊ̯ʁa]

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Noun

Aura f (genitive Aura, plural Auren)

1. aura

Declension

Declension of Aura [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Aura	die	Auren
genitive	einer	der	Aura	der	Auren
dative	einer	der	Aura	den	Auren
accusative	eine	die	Aura	die	Auren

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ra/
• Rhymes: -awra
• Hyphenation: Àu‧ra

Proper noun

Aura f

1. a female given name