Aurora

Aurora is the Latin word for "dawn".

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It can refer to:

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• Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn.
• Aurora, an atmospheric optical phenomenon caused by electrically-charged solar wind particles bombarding the upper atmosphere of a planet in the presence of a magnetic field.

Several localities:

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• Guatemala
• La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
• In Canada:
• Aurora, Ontario
• Aurora Place, Alberta
• Aurora, New Brunswick
• Philippines
• Aurora province
• Maria Aurora, Aurora
• Aurora, Isabela
• Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur
• South Africa
• Aurora, South Africa
• In the United States:
• Aurora, Alabama
• Aurora, Alaska
• Aurora, Arkansas
• Aurora, California
• Aurora, Colorado
• Aurora, Florida
• Aurora, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Kentucky
• Aurora, Louisiana
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Michigan
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora, Missouri
• Aurora, Montana
• Aurora, Nebraska
• Aurora, Nevada
• Aurora, New Mexico
• Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
• Aurora, Erie County, New York
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oklahoma
• Aurora, Oregon
• Aurora, South Dakota
• Aurora, Texas
• Aurora, Utah
• Aurora, West Virginia
• Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Washington County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• Aurora Township, North Dakota
• Automobiles:
• Aurora safety car of 1957
• Oldsmobile Aurora
• Several aircraft:
• A (possibly fictional) U.S. Air Force hypersonic spy plane. See Aurora aircraft.
• The Canadian name for the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft.
• Several marine vessels:
• Ten ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Aurora.
• The name of the cruiser in Saint Petersburg that rang in the Russian Revolution. See cruiser Aurora.
• One of two Australian Antarctic expedition vessels; see Aurora (ship) and Aurora Australis (icebreaker).
• MV Aurora, a cruise ship operated by P & O Cruises.
• In space:
• An asteroid, discovered by J. C. Watson, in September 6, 1867. See 94 Aurora.
• The Aurora Programme, a strategy of the European Space Agency.
• In fiction:
• The princess in Walt Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty. See Princess Aurora.
• A superhero in the Marvel Universe. See Aurora
• One of the Spacer worlds in Isaac Asimov's fiction. See Aurora (planet).
• A science fiction & fantasy society from Rijeka, Croatia. See Aurora, SF society
• In music:
• a UK house group, also known as Aurora UK
• a California (US)-based ambient group
• a US contemporary Christian R&B group
• a Mexican Latin music band.
• a symphonic poem composed by the late William Lloyd Webber, father of musical theater composer-impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber and renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber.
• The name of the game engine that runs Neverwinter Nights, the toolset is called the Aurora toolset because of this.
• Several commercial enterprises:
• Aurora Casket Company - a casket manufacturing company based in Aurora, Indiana.
• The name of an old Italian company that makes fountain pens.
• An electricity company in Tasmania; see Aurora Energy.

In computers:

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Direct Revenue's Aurora Adware.

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In biology:

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• The collective noun for a group of polar bears.

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Dawn: Dawn or civil dawn is the time at which the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the morning....

Aurora related Images and Photos (experimental)

L'Aurora	Aurora Australis	The Aurora Borealis	Disney Aurora Cutout
Aurora and Cephalus	Aurora and Cephalus	Aurora Missouri - Panoramic Map	Aurora Ruth Downer c.1810-1819
Aurora 2012 Wall Calendar	Aurora Von Konigsmark German Social Leader	Aurora Ascending the Heavens	Aurora Australis on Kangaroo Island