Aurora

See also: aurora and auroră

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.
2. A female given name, in quiet but regular use since the 19th century.
3. (astronomy) 94 Aurora, a main belt asteroid.
4. (poetic) the dawn
5. A town in Ontario, Canada.
6. A city in Colorado.
7. A city in Illinois.
8. A city in Indiana.
9. A town in Iowa.
10. A village in Kansas.
11. A town in Maine.
12. A city in Minnesota.
13. A city in Missouri.
14. A city in Nebraska, and the county seat of Hamilton County.
15. A town in Erie County, New York.
16. A ghost town in Nevada.
17. A town in North Carolina.
18. A city in Ohio.
19. A town in Oregon.
20. A town in South Dakota.
21. A city/town in Texas.
22. A city in Utah.
23. A CDP in West Virginia.
24. One of two towns/villages in Wisconsin.
25. A town in Western Cape, South Africa.
26. A town/settlement in Suriname.
27. (historical) The island of Maewo.
28. (historical) The island of Makatea.

Quotations

• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by 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 […]

• 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!

Translations

Roman goddess of dawn

• Bulgarian: Аврора 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)
• Japanese: アウローラ (Aurōra), アウロラ (Aurora)

• Korean: 아우로라 (Aurora), 오로라 (ko) (Orora)
• Latin: Aurora (la)
• Norwegian: Aurora (no)
• 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)

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

Anagrams

• aroura

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

Named after Aurora Quezon, wife of former Philippine president Manuel L. Quezon.

Proper noun

Aurora

1. the province of Aurora

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin Aurora.

Proper noun

Aurora

1. a female given name
2. (Roman mythology) the Roman goddess of the dawn
3. (astronomy) short for 94 Aurora

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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]
• Hyphenation: 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 11/omena, no gradation)
nominative		Aurora	Aurorat
genitive		Auroran	Aurorien Auroroiden Auroroitten
partitive		Auroraa	Auroria Auroroita
illative		Auroraan	Auroriin Auroroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Aurora	Aurorat
accusative	nom.	Aurora	Aurorat
	gen.	Auroran
genitive		Auroran	Aurorien Auroroiden Auroroitten Aurorojenrare Aurorainrare
partitive		Auroraa	Auroria Auroroita Aurorojarare
inessive		Aurorassa	Auroroissa Aurorissa
elative		Aurorasta	Auroroista Aurorista
illative		Auroraan	Auroriin Auroroihin
adessive		Auroralla	Auroroilla Aurorilla
ablative		Auroralta	Auroroilta Aurorilta
allative		Auroralle	Auroroille Aurorille
essive		Aurorana	Auroroina Aurorina
translative		Auroraksi	Auroroiksi Auroriksi
instructive		—	Auroroin Aurorin
abessive		Auroratta	Auroroitta Auroritta
comitative		—	Auroroineen Aurorineen

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Italian

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. A female given name.

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Latin

Etymology

See aurōra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/

Proper noun

Aurōra f (genitive Aurōrae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora, the goddess of the dawn/morning.
2. The East.

Inflection

First declension.

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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Portuguese

Proper noun

Aurora

1. Aurora (municipality of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil)

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Spanish

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

Borrowed from Latin Aurora.

Proper noun

Aurora

1. A female given name