Aurora

See also: aurora, auroră, aurorą, and Aurorą

English

Apollo and Aurora by Gérard de Lairesse

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔːɹ.ə/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

  • Audio (Philippines):

    (file)

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, 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 the Western Cape, South Africa; named for the goddess.
8. A town in Suriname.
10. A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon. Capital: Baler.
11. A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
12. A historical district of Turin, Italy.
13. A locale in Brazil.
    2. A municipality of Ceará.
    4. A municipality of Santa Catarina.
14. A locale in the Philippines.
    2. A municipality of Isabela.
    4. A municipality of Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon.
15. A locale in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
    2. An unincorporated community in California.
    3. A large city in Arapahoe County, Adams County and Douglas County, Colorado; named for the goddess.
       • 2024 September 11, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Rafael Romo and Belisa Morillo, “How an empty apartment complex in Colorado became a national battleground over immigration”, in CNN‎^[1]:

         “Based on our initial investigative work, we believe reports of TdA influence in Aurora are isolated, police said in an August 28 statement.

    4. A city mainly in DuPage County and Kane County, 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 rural town in Hancock County, Maine; named for the goddess.
    11. A city in Saint Louis County, 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.
16. (historical) Maewo (an island of Vanuatu).
17. (historical) Makatea (an island of French Polynesia).

Derived terms

• Aurora County
• Aurora Hill Proper
• East Aurora
• North Central Aurora Hill
• South Central Aurora Hill

Translations

Roman goddess of dawn

• Bulgarian: Авро́ра f (Avróra)
• Catalan: Aurora (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: Aurora
• Finnish: Aurora (fi)
• French: Aurore (fr) f
• German: Aurora (de) f
• Japanese: アウローラ (Aurōra), アウロラ (Aurora)
• Korean: 아우로라 (Aurora)
• Latin: Aurōra (la) f
• Marathi: अरोरा (arorā)
• Norwegian: Aurora (no)
• Polish: Aurora (pl) f
• Russian: Авро́ра (ru) f (Avróra)
• Spanish: Aurora (es) f
• Swedish: Aurora (sv)

female given name

• Catalan: Aurora (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: Aurora (fi)
• French: Aurore (fr) f
• Hungarian: Auróra (hu)
• Italian: Aurora (it) f
• Japanese: オーロラ (ja) (Ōrora) (English), オーロール (Ōrōru) (French)
• Korean: 오로라 (ko) (Orora)
• Marathi: अरोरा (arorā)
• Norwegian: Aurora (no)
• Polish: Aurora (pl) f
• Portuguese: Aurora (pt) f
• Romanian: Aurora f
• Russian: Авро́ра (ru) f (Avróra)
• Spanish: Aurora (es) f
• Swedish: Aurora (sv)

Anagrams

• aroura

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔawˈɾoɾa/ [ʔɐʊ̯ˈɾ̪o.ɾ̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora

1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Aurora
2. Aurora (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon; capital: Baler)
3. a locale in the Philippines:
   1. Aurora (a municipality of Isabela)
   2. Aurora (a municipality of Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔawˈɾoɾa/ [ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora (Basahan spelling ᜀᜂᜍᜓᜍ)

1. a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Aurora
2. Aurora (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon; capital: Baler)
3. a locale in the Philippines:
   1. Aurora (a municipality of Isabela)
   2. Aurora (a municipality of Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon)

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Aurōra.

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Aurora's son: Auroruson
• Aurora's daughter: Aurorudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Aurora
accusative	Auroru
dative	Auroru
genitive	Auroru

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Aurōra. Used as a given name in Finland since at least the late 18th century.

Pronunciation

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

     - You light up this hall like the dawn. Walleen thanks Aurora with his moustache flapping of pleasure. - Dawn, like her name indeed, he proceeds to say to his wife with his voice kept low.

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 Aurorain rare
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
abessive		Auroratta	Auroritta
instructive		—	Aurorin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Aurora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Aurorani Aurorani accusative nom. Aurorani Aurorani gen. Aurorani genitive Aurorani Aurorieni Auroraini rare partitive Auroraani Auroriani inessive Aurorassani Aurorissani elative Aurorastani Auroristani illative Auroraani Auroriini adessive Aurorallani Aurorillani ablative Auroraltani Auroriltani allative Auroralleni Aurorilleni essive Auroranani Aurorinani translative Aurorakseni Aurorikseni abessive Aurorattani Aurorittani instructive — — comitative — Aurorineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Aurorasi Aurorasi accusative nom. Aurorasi Aurorasi gen. Aurorasi genitive Aurorasi Auroriesi Auroraisi rare partitive Auroraasi Auroriasi inessive Aurorassasi Aurorissasi elative Aurorastasi Auroristasi illative Auroraasi Auroriisi adessive Aurorallasi Aurorillasi ablative Auroraltasi Auroriltasi allative Aurorallesi Aurorillesi essive Auroranasi Aurorinasi translative Auroraksesi Auroriksesi abessive Aurorattasi Aurorittasi instructive — — comitative — Aurorinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Auroramme Auroramme accusative nom. Auroramme Auroramme gen. Auroramme genitive Auroramme Auroriemme Auroraimme rare partitive Auroraamme Auroriamme inessive Aurorassamme Aurorissamme elative Aurorastamme Auroristamme illative Auroraamme Auroriimme adessive Aurorallamme Aurorillamme ablative Auroraltamme Auroriltamme allative Aurorallemme Aurorillemme essive Auroranamme Aurorinamme translative Auroraksemme Auroriksemme abessive Aurorattamme Aurorittamme instructive — — comitative — Aurorinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Auroranne Auroranne accusative nom. Auroranne Auroranne gen. Auroranne genitive Auroranne Aurorienne Aurorainne rare partitive Auroraanne Aurorianne inessive Aurorassanne Aurorissanne elative Aurorastanne Auroristanne illative Auroraanne Auroriinne adessive Aurorallanne Aurorillanne ablative Auroraltanne Auroriltanne allative Aurorallenne Aurorillenne essive Aurorananne Aurorinanne translative Auroraksenne Auroriksenne abessive Aurorattanne Aurorittanne instructive — — comitative — Aurorinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Auroransa Auroransa accusative nom. Auroransa Auroransa gen. Auroransa genitive Auroransa Auroriensa Aurorainsa rare partitive Auroraansa Auroriaan Auroriansa inessive Aurorassaan Aurorassansa Aurorissaan Aurorissansa elative Aurorastaan Aurorastansa Auroristaan Auroristansa illative Auroraansa Auroriinsa adessive Aurorallaan Aurorallansa Aurorillaan Aurorillansa ablative Auroraltaan Auroraltansa Auroriltaan Auroriltansa allative Auroralleen Aurorallensa Aurorilleen Aurorillensa essive Auroranaan Auroranansa Aurorinaan Aurorinansa translative Aurorakseen Auroraksensa Aurorikseen Auroriksensa abessive Aurorattaan Aurorattansa Aurorittaan Aurorittansa instructive — — comitative — Aurorineen Aurorinensa

Statistics

• Aurora is the 240^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,296 female individuals (and as a middle name to 23,509 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 12 male individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯ˈʁoːʁa/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -oːʁa

Proper noun

Aurora f (proper noun, genitive Aurora)

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
   • 2006 June 19, Christoph Dieckmann, “Bluesball”, in Die Zeit‎^[2]:

     Aah, der sittliche Genuss, als Schiedsrichter Larriondas Kärtchen aufflammte wie Auroras Morgengruß! Da wusste man, warum das Farbfernsehen erfunden werden musste.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• Aurorafalter

Noun

Aurora f (genitive Aurora, plural Auroras)

1. (astronomy, uncommon) aurora

   Synonym: Polarlicht

   • 2015 July 29, “Polarlichter auf fernem Himmelskörper entdeckt”, in Die Zeit‎^[3], sourced from dpa:

     Auf nahezu allen Planeten in unserem Sonnensystem haben Forscher ähnlich entstandene Auroras beobachtet. Darüber hinaus jedoch war das Schauspiel noch nicht belegt.

     Researchers have observed aurorae of similar origin on nearly all planets in our solar system. Beyond that, however, the spectacle was not yet documented.

Declension

Declension of Aurora [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Aurora	die	Auroras
genitive	einer	der	Aurora	der	Auroras
dative	einer	der	Aurora	den	Auroras
accusative	eine	die	Aurora	die	Auroras

Further reading

• “Aurora” in Duden online
• “Aurora”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)

Italian

Etymology

Inherited 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, equivalent to English Aurora

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

See aurōra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈroː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈrɔː.ra]

Proper noun

Aurōra f (genitive Aurōrae); first declension

1. (personified) (Roman mythology) Aurora, the goddess of the dawn/morning
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.129:

     Ōceanum intereā surgēns Aurōra relīquit.

     Meanwhile Aurora, rising, departs from Oceanus.
     (Line 4.129 is repeated at Aeneid 11.1; cf. “Aurora” in Book 4 at 7, 568, and 585. Imitated by Chaucer in The Legend of Good Women: “The dawening up-rist out of the see, [...].”)

   • 8 CE, Ovidius, 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	Aurōra	Aurōrae
genitive	Aurōrae	Aurōrārum
dative	Aurōrae	Aurōrīs
accusative	Aurōram	Aurōrās
ablative	Aurōrā	Aurōrīs
vocative	Aurōra	Aurōrae

Related terms

• aurōra

Norwegian

Proper noun

Aurora

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

Polish

Aurora

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs

Proto-Italic *auzōs

Latin aurōra

Latin Aurōralbor.

Polish Aurora

Learned borrowing from Latin Aurōra.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. (uncountable, Roman mythology) Aurora (Roman goddess of the dawn, sister of Luna and Sol; equivalent of the Greek Eos)
2. (countable) a female given name from Latin, 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

Related terms

nouns

• aurora

Further reading

• “Aurora”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• Aurora in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra
• Homophone: aurora

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs

Proto-Italic *auzōs

Latin aurōra

Latin Aurōralbor.

Portuguese Aurora

Learned borrowing from Latin Aurōra.

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora

Etymology 2

From aurora (“dawn”).

Proper noun

Aurora f (demonym aurorense)

1. Aurora (a municipality of Ceará)
2. Aurora (a municipality of Santa Catarina)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Aurora f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs

Proto-Italic *auzōs

Latin aurōra

Latin Aurōralbor.

Spanish Aurora

Learned borrowing from Latin Aurōra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾoɾa/ [au̯ˈɾo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Aurora c (genitive Auroras)

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Aurora

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔawˈɾoɾa/ [ʔaʊ̯ˈɾoː.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): /ʔoˈɾoɾa/ [ʔoˈɾoː.ɾɐ] (English influence)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ)

1. Aurora (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon; capital: Baler)
2. a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Aurora
3. several municipalities in the Philippines:
   1. Aurora (a municipality of Isabela)
   2. Aurora (a municipality of Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon)
   3. (historical) former name of San Francisco: a municipality of Quezon, Philippines [prior to 1967]

Derived terms

• Aurorahin

See also

provinces of the Philippines: mga lalawigan ng Pilipinasedit

• Abra
• Agusan del Norte
• Agusan del Sur
• Aklan
• Albay
• Antique
• Apayao
• Aurora
• Basilan
• Bataan
• Batanes
• Batangas
• Benguet
• Biliran
• Bohol
• Bukidnon
• Bulacan
• Cagayan
• Camarines Norte
• Camarines Sur
• Camiguin
• Capiz
• Catanduanes
• Cavite
• Cebu
• Davao de Oro
• Davao del Norte
• Davao del Sur
• Davao Occidental
• Davao Oriental
• Guimaras
• Hilagang Cotabato
• Hilagang Samar
• Ifugao
• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• Iloilo
• Isabela
• Kalinga
• Kapuluang Dinagat
• La Union
• Laguna
• Lanao del Norte
• Lanao del Sur
• Leyte
• Maguindanao del Norte
• Maguindanao del Sur
• Marinduque
• Masbate
• Misamis Occidental
• Misamis Oriental
• Mountain Province
• Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Occidental Mindoro
• Oriental Mindoro
• Palawan
• Pampanga
• Pangasinan
• Quezon
• Quirino
• Rizal
• Romblon
• Samar
• Sarangani
• Silangang Samar
• Siquijor
• Sorsogon
• Sultan Kudarat
• Sulu
• Surigao del Norte
• Surigao del Sur
• Tarlac
• Tawi-Tawi
• Timog Cotabato
• Timog Leyte
• Zambales
• Zamboanga del Norte
• Zamboanga del Sur
• Zamboanga Sibugay

Further reading

• Aurora on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl
• “Aurora”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018