Aurora
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Aurora is the Latin word for "dawn".
It can refer to:
- Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn.
- Aurora, an 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:
- A province of the Philippines. See Aurora, Philippines.
- La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- In Canada:
- 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
- South Africa
- 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 (ship).
- 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
- 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.
- The name of the game engine that runs Neverwinter Nights, the toolset is called the Aurora toolset because of this.
Several commerical 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 biology:
- The collective noun for a group of polar bears.
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