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 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, the largest of which is the city in the U.S. state of Colorado:

• 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 of 1917. 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.
  • a song by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk from her album Vespertine (2001)
• 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: Direct Revenue's Aurora Adware.

In biology:

• The collective noun for a group of polar bears.

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