Aurora

See also: aurora, auroră, aurorą, and Aurorą

English

Etymology

Apollo and Aurora by Gérard de Lairesse

From Latin Aurora.

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto IV, stanza 16:

     As faire Aurora in her purple pall, / Out of the East the dawning day doth call […]

2. A female given name from Latin, in regular use since the 19th century.
   • 1904 George Bernard Shaw, How He Lied to Her Husband:

     How will they know! Why, my name is all over them: my silly, unhappy name. Oh, if I had only been christened Mary Jane, or Gladys, Muriel, or Beatrice, or Francesca, or Guinevere, or something quite common. But Aurora! Aurora! I'm the only Aurora in London; and everybody knows it. I believe I'm the only Aurora in the world. And it's so horribly easy to rhyme to it!

3. (astronomy) 94 Aurora, a main belt asteroid.
4. (naval) the Russian cruiser Aurora, a cruiser of Soviet Navy.
5. (poetic) the dawn
6. A town in Ontario, Canada; named for the goddess.
7. A town in Western Cape, South Africa; named for the goddess.
8. A town in Suriname.
9. A province of the Philippines; named for First Lady Aurora Quezon.
10. A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
11. A historical district of Turin, Italy.
12. A locale in Brazil.
    1. A municipality of Ceará.
    2. A municipality of Santa Catarina.
13. A locale in the Philippines.
    1. A town in Isabela.
    2. A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named for Aurora Quezon.
14. A locale in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
    2. An unincorporated community in California.
    3. A city in Colorado; named for the goddess.
    4. A city in Illinois, and suburb of Chicago; named for the goddess.
    5. A city in Indiana; named for the goddess.
    6. A city in Iowa; named for the village of East Aurora, New York.
    7. A city in Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
    8. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
    9. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
    10. A town in Maine; named for the goddess.
    11. A city in Minnesota.
    12. A city in Missouri; named for the goddess.
    13. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Nebraska; named for the city in Illinois.
    14. A ghost town in Nevada; named for the goddess.
    15. A village in Cayuga County, New York.
    16. A town in Erie County, New York.
    17. A town in North Carolina.
    18. A city in Ohio.
    19. A city in Oregon; named for the daughter of the founder, Prussian-American mystic William Keil.
    20. A town in South Dakota; named for the city in Illinois.
    21. A city in Texas.
    22. A city in Utah; named for the aurora borealis seen in the area.
    23. A census-designated place in West Virginia.
    24. A town in Florence County, Wisconsin.
    25. A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
    26. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
    27. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Wisconsin.
    28. A ghost town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
15. (historical) Maewo (an island in Vanuatu)
16. (historical) Makatea (an island in French Polynesia)

Derived terms

• East Aurora

Translations

Roman goddess of dawn

• Bulgarian: Авро́ра f (Avróra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧羅拉, 奥罗拉 (Àoluólā), 歐若拉 (zh), 欧若拉 (zh) (Ōuruòlā)

• Dutch: Aurora
• Finnish: Aurora (fi)
• French: Aurore (fr) f
• Japanese: アウローラ (Aurōra), アウロラ (Aurora)

• Korean: 아우로라 (Aurora), 오로라 (ko) (Orora)
• Latin: Aurora (la)
• Norwegian: Aurora (no)
• Polish: Aurora (pl) f
• Russian: Авро́ра (ru) f (Avróra)
• Spanish: Aurora (es)
• Swedish: Aurora (sv)

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧羅拉, 奥罗拉 (Àoluólā), 歐若拉 (zh), 欧若拉 (zh) (Ōuruòlā)

• Finnish: Aurora (fi)
• French: Aurore (fr)
• Italian: Aurora (it)
• Japanese: オーロラ (ja) (Ōrora) (English), オーロール (Ōrōru) (French)

• Norwegian: Aurora (no)
• Polish: Aurora (pl) f
• Russian: Авро́ра (ru) f (Avróra)
• Spanish: Aurora (es)
• Swedish: Aurora (sv)

Anagrams

• aroura

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Bikol Central

Proper noun

Aurora

1. A female given name from Latin
2. A province of the Philippines; named for First Lady Aurora Quezon.
3. A locale in the Philippines.
   1. A town in Isabela.
   2. A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named for Aurora Quezon.

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Cebuano

Proper noun

Aurora

1. A female given name from Latin
2. A province of the Philippines; named for First Lady Aurora Quezon.
3. A locale in the Philippines.
   1. A town in Isabela.
   2. A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named for Aurora Quezon.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Aurōra.

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Aurora: Auroruson
• daughter of Aurora: Aurorudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Aurora
Accusative	Auroru
Dative	Auroru
Genitive	Auroru

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯rorɑ/, [ˈɑu̯ro̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑurorɑ
• Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name.
   • 2014 Raija Oranen, Aurora, Teos, →ISBN, page 11:

     - Sinä valaiset tämän salin kuin aamurusko, Walleen kiittelee Auroraa viikset mielihyvästä väpättäen. - Aamurusko nimensä mukaan, totisesti, hän jatkaa vaimolleen matalasti.

Declension

Inflection of Aurora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Aurora	Aurorat
genitive		Auroran	Aurorien
partitive		Auroraa	Auroria
illative		Auroraan	Auroriin
		singular	plural
nominative		Aurora	Aurorat
accusative	nom.	Aurora	Aurorat
	gen.	Auroran
genitive		Auroran	Aurorien Aurorainrare
partitive		Auroraa	Auroria
inessive		Aurorassa	Aurorissa
elative		Aurorasta	Aurorista
illative		Auroraan	Auroriin
adessive		Auroralla	Aurorilla
ablative		Auroralta	Aurorilta
allative		Auroralle	Aurorille
essive		Aurorana	Aurorina
translative		Auroraksi	Auroriksi
instructive		—	Aurorin
abessive		Auroratta	Auroritta
comitative		—	Aurorineen

Possessive forms of Aurora (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Aurorani	Auroramme
2nd person	Aurorasi	Auroranne
3rd person	Auroransa

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Aurōra, from aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: Au‧rò‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora (goddess of dawn)
2. A female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Aurora

Further reading

• Aurora (divinità) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Aurora (nome) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Latin

Etymology

See aurōra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/, [äu̯ˈroːrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈro.ra/, [äu̯ˈrɔːrä]

Proper noun

Aurōra f (genitive Aurōrae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora, the goddess of the dawn/morning
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.721:

     Nox abiit, oriturque Aurōra.

     Night has gone, and Aurora is appearing.
     (See Aurora (mythology).)

2. (transferred) dawn, daybreak, morning
3. The East.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Aurōra	Aurōrae
Genitive	Aurōrae	Aurōrārum
Dative	Aurōrae	Aurōrīs
Accusative	Aurōram	Aurōrās
Ablative	Aurōrā	Aurōrīs
Vocative	Aurōra	Aurōrae

Related terms

• aurōra

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aurōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈrɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra
• Homophone: aurora

Noun

Aurora f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Aurora.

Declension

Declension of Aurora

	singular	plural
nominative	Aurora	Aurory
genitive	Aurory	Auror
dative	Aurorze	Aurorom
accusative	Aurorę	Aurory
instrumental	Aurorą	Aurorami
locative	Aurorze	Aurorach
vocative	Auroro	Aurory

Noun

Aurora f

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora (Roman goddess of dawn)

Declension

Declension of Aurora

	singular
nominative	Aurora
genitive	Aurory
dative	Aurorze
accusative	Aurorę
instrumental	Aurorą
locative	Aurorze
vocative	Auroro

Further reading

• Aurora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Aurora

1. A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Aurora f

1. A female given name.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾoɾa/, [au̯ˈɾo.ɾa]

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name

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Swedish

Proper noun

Aurora c (genitive Auroras)

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Aurora. The province was named after first lady Aurora Quezon.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ʔauˈɾoɾa/, [ʔaʊ̯ˈɾoɾɐ]

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (lalawigan/probinsiya ng ~) Aurora (a province of the Philippines)
2. Aurora (a locale in the Philippines)
   1. Aurora (a town in Isabela)
   2. Aurora (a town in Zamboanga del Sur)
3. A female given name from Latin