Aurora

Apollo and Aurora by Gérard de Lairesse

From Latin Aurora.

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.

• 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!

• aroura

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

Aurora

1. the province of Aurora

Ultimately from Latin Aurora.

Aurora

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

From Latin Aurōra.

Aurora f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯rorɑ/, [ˈɑu̯ro̞rɑ]
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

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.

Aurora f

1. A female given name.

See aurōra.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/

Aurōra f (genitive Aurōrae); first declension

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

First declension.

• aurōra

Aurora

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

Aurora

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

Aurora f

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

Aurora c (genitive Auroras)

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

Borrowed from Latin Aurora.

Aurora

1. A female given name