# Aura

Aura most commonly refers to:
* Aura (paranormal), a purported field of luminous multi-colored radiation around a person or object
* Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
* Halo (religious iconography), glory, or aureola, a ring of light that surrounds a person in religious art
* Halo (optical phenomenon), glory (optical phenomenon) or corona (optical phenomenon), phenomena where a ring of light surrounds an object
Aura may also refer to:

## Places
### Extraterrestrial

* 1488 Aura, a main-belt asteroid

### Terrestrial

* Aura (woreda), administrative division in Ethiopia
* Aura, Finland, a municipality in Finland
* Aura, Michigan, a community in the United States
* Aura, New Jersey, a community in the United States
* Aura an der Saale, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany
* Aura Erbil, a mixed use city center in Iraqi Kurdistan
* Aura im Sinngrund, a community in Bavaria, Germany

### Rivers

* Aura River (Finland), a river in southwestern Finland
* Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway
* Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany
* Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil

### Structures

* Aura (Toronto), a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Aura Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Aura an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany
* SM Aura, a shopping mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

## People

* Aura (Danish singer), Danish singer Aura Dione (born 1988)
* Aura (South African singer), South African singer Aura Lewis (1947–2015)
* Aura K. Dunn (born 1971), American politician
* Aura Kiiskinen (1878–1968), Finnish politician
* Aura Mayari, American drag queen
* Aura Rostand (1899–1957), Nicaraguan poet
* Aura Salla (born 1984), Finnish politician
* Aura Twarowska, Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano Aura Twarowska (born 1967)
* Au/Ra, Spanish pop singer Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 2002)

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Fictional characters

* Aura (mythology), Greek goddess whose name means breeze
* Aura the Finnish Maiden, personification of Finland
* Aura (Seiken Densetsu), an elemental spirit in the Seiken Densetsu series
* Princess Aura, a character from Flash Gordon
* Aura (.hack), a character in the .hack franchise
* Aura, a character in Tiny Furniture

### Literature

* Aura (novel), by Carlos Fuentes
* Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai, a novel, adapted as a manga and anime film

### Music
#### Albums

* Aura (Asia album), a 2001 album by Asia
* Aura (Yvonne Catterfeld album), a 2006 album by Yvonne Catterfeld
* Aura (CMX album), a 1994 album by CMX
* Aura (King Sunny Adé album), a 1984 album by King Sunny Adé
* Aura (Miles Davis album), a 1989 album by Miles Davis
* Aura (Ozuna album), a 2018 album by Ozuna
* Aura (The Alpha Conspiracy album), a 2004 album by The Alpha Conspiracy
* Aura (The Brave album), a 2019 album by The Brave
* Aura (The Mission album), a 2001 album by The Mission

#### Songs

* "Aura" (song), by Lady Gaga
* "Aura", by Bruno Maderna
* "Aura", by Ozuna
* "Aura", by Dennis Lloyd

#### Other uses in music

* Aura (band), rock band
* Aura (Magnus Lindberg), a 1994 orchestral composition

### Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Aura: Fate of the Ages, a 2004 computer game
* The Aura (film), a 2005 Argentine thriller film

## Brands and enterprises

* Aura (cell phone), manufactured by Motorola
* Aura, a brand name of Bowers & Wilkins
* Saturn Aura, a midsize sedan manufactured by Saturn Corporation from 2007 to 2010
* Hyundai Aura, a subcompact sedan manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company since 2019

## Science and technology

* Aura (satellite), in the NASA Earth Observing System series
* Aura Graphics Architecture, which handles input events and windows in ChromeOS
* Autonomous robot architecture, a hybrid deliberative/reactive robot architecture

## Other uses

* Aura (musical instrument), invented by Johann Scheibler in 1816
* Aura cheese, a Finnish blue mold cheese
* Aurá language, an extinct language from Brazil