# Aurora
## English
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈɹɔːɹ.ə/
* (Philippines) IPA: /ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Aurora
* (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:As faire Aurora in her purple pall, / Out of the East the dawning day doth call […]
* A female given name from Latin, in regular use since the 19th century.
** 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!
* (astronomy) 94 Aurora, a main belt asteroid.
* (naval) the Russian cruiser Aurora, a cruiser of Soviet Navy.
* (poetic) the dawn
* A town in Ontario, Canada; named for the goddess.
* A town in Western Cape, South Africa; named for the goddess.
* A town in Suriname.
* A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon. Capital: Baler.
* A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
* A historical district of Turin, Italy.
* A locale in Brazil.
** A municipality of Ceará.
** A municipality of Santa Catarina.
* A locale in the Philippines.
** A town in Isabela.
** A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon.
* A locale in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
** An unincorporated community in California.
** A city in Colorado; named for the goddess.
*** 2024 September 11, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Rafael Romo and Belisa Morillo, “How an empty apartment complex in Colorado became a national battleground over immigration”, in CNN‎:“Based on our initial investigative work, we believe reports of TdA influence in Aurora are isolated, police said in an August 28 statement.
** A city mainly in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, and suburb of Chicago; named for the goddess.
** A city in Indiana; named for the goddess.
** A city in Iowa; named for the village of East Aurora, New York.
** A city in Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
** An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
** A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
** A town in Maine; named for the goddess.
** A city in Minnesota.
** A city in Missouri; named for the goddess.
** A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Nebraska; named for the city in Illinois.
** A ghost town in Nevada; named for the goddess.
** A village in Cayuga County, New York.
** A town in Erie County, New York.
** A town in North Carolina.
** A city in Ohio.
** A city in Oregon; named for the daughter of the founder, Prussian-American mystic William Keil.
** A town in South Dakota; named for the city in Illinois.
** A city in Texas.
** A city in Utah; named for the aurora borealis seen in the area.
** A census-designated place in West Virginia.
** A town in Florence County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
** An unincorporated community in Washington County, Wisconsin.
** A ghost town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
* (historical) Maewo (an island in Vanuatu)
* (historical) Makatea (an island in French Polynesia)

#### Derived terms

* Aurora County
* Aurora Hill Proper
* East Aurora
* North Central Aurora Hill
* South Central Aurora Hill

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* aroura

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔawˈɾoɾa/ [ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾa]
* Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra

### Proper noun

Aurora (Basahan spelling ᜀᜂᜍᜓᜍ)
* a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin]
* A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named for First Lady Aurora Quezon. Capital: Baler.
* A locale in the Philippines.
** A town in Isabela.
** A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named for Aurora Quezon.

#### See also

Template:list:provinces of the Philippines/bcl

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra
* IPA: /ʔawˈɾoɾa/ [ʔɐʊ̯ˈɾ̪o.ɾ̪ɐ]

### Proper noun

Aurora
* a female given name from Latin
* A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named for First Lady Aurora Quezon. Capital: Baler
* A locale in the Philippines
** A town in Isabela
** A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named for Aurora Quezon

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Latin Aurōra.

### Proper noun

Aurora f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Aurora: Auroruson
* daughter of Aurora: Aurorudóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Aurōra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑu̯rorɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯ro̞rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑurorɑ
* Hyphenation: Au‧ro‧ra

### Proper noun

Aurora
* (Roman mythology) Aurora
* 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.- You light up this hall like the dawn. Walleen thanks Aurora with his moustache flapping of pleasure. - Dawn, like her name indeed, he proceeds to say to his wife with his voice kept low.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Aurora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Aurorani
Aurorani
accusative
nom.
Aurorani
Aurorani
gen.
Aurorani
genitive
Aurorani
Aurorieni Auroraini $^{rare}$
partitive
Auroraani
Auroriani
inessive
Aurorassani
Aurorissani
elative
Aurorastani
Auroristani
illative
Auroraani
Auroriini
adessive
Aurorallani
Aurorillani
ablative
Auroraltani
Auroriltani
allative
Auroralleni
Aurorilleni
essive
Auroranani
Aurorinani
translative
Aurorakseni
Aurorikseni
abessive
Aurorattani
Aurorittani
instructive
comitative
—Aurorineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Aurorasi
Aurorasi
accusative
nom.
Aurorasi
Aurorasi
gen.
Aurorasi
genitive
Aurorasi
Auroriesi Auroraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Auroraasi
Auroriasi
inessive
Aurorassasi
Aurorissasi
elative
Aurorastasi
Auroristasi
illative
Auroraasi
Auroriisi
adessive
Aurorallasi
Aurorillasi
ablative
Auroraltasi
Auroriltasi
allative
Aurorallesi
Aurorillesi
essive
Auroranasi
Aurorinasi
translative
Auroraksesi
Auroriksesi
abessive
Aurorattasi
Aurorittasi
instructive
comitative
—Aurorinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Auroramme
Auroramme
accusative
nom.
Auroramme
Auroramme
gen.
Auroramme
genitive
Auroramme
Auroriemme Auroraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Auroraamme
Auroriamme
inessive
Aurorassamme
Aurorissamme
elative
Aurorastamme
Auroristamme
illative
Auroraamme
Auroriimme
adessive
Aurorallamme
Aurorillamme
ablative
Auroraltamme
Auroriltamme
allative
Aurorallemme
Aurorillemme
essive
Auroranamme
Aurorinamme
translative
Auroraksemme
Auroriksemme
abessive
Aurorattamme
Aurorittamme
instructive
comitative
—Aurorinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Auroranne
Auroranne
accusative
nom.
Auroranne
Auroranne
gen.
Auroranne
genitive
Auroranne
Aurorienne Aurorainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Auroraanne
Aurorianne
inessive
Aurorassanne
Aurorissanne
elative
Aurorastanne
Auroristanne
illative
Auroraanne
Auroriinne
adessive
Aurorallanne
Aurorillanne
ablative
Auroraltanne
Auroriltanne
allative
Aurorallenne
Aurorillenne
essive
Aurorananne
Aurorinanne
translative
Auroraksenne
Auroriksenne
abessive
Aurorattanne
Aurorittanne
instructive
comitative
—Aurorinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Auroransa
Auroransa
accusative
nom.
Auroransa
Auroransa
gen.
Auroransa
genitive
Auroransa
Auroriensa Aurorainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Auroraansa
Auroriaan Auroriansa
inessive
Aurorassaan Aurorassansa
Aurorissaan Aurorissansa
elative
Aurorastaan Aurorastansa
Auroristaan Auroristansa
illative
Auroraansa
Auroriinsa
adessive
Aurorallaan Aurorallansa
Aurorillaan Aurorillansa
ablative
Auroraltaan Auroraltansa
Auroriltaan Auroriltansa
allative
Auroralleen Aurorallensa
Aurorilleen Aurorillensa
essive
Auroranaan Auroranansa
Aurorinaan Aurorinansa
translative
Aurorakseen Auroraksensa
Aurorikseen Auroriksensa
abessive
Aurorattaan Aurorattansa
Aurorittaan Aurorittansa
instructive
comitative
—Aurorineen Aurorinensa :

#### Statistics

* Aurora is the 266th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,951 female individuals (and as a middle name to 20,972 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 8 male individuals (and as a middle name to 16 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʊ̯ˈʁoːʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Aurora f (proper noun, genitive Aurora)
* (Roman mythology) Aurora
** 2006 June 19, Christoph Dieckmann, “Bluesball”, in Die Zeit‎:Aah, der sittliche Genuss, als Schiedsrichter Larriondas Kärtchen aufflammte wie Auroras Morgengruß! Da wusste man, warum das Farbfernsehen erfunden werden musste.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* Aurorafalter

### Noun

Aurora f (genitive Aurora, plural Auroras)
* (astronomy, uncommon) aurora
    Synonym: Polarlicht
** 2015 July 29, “Polarlichter auf fernem Himmelskörper entdeckt”, in Die Zeit‎, sourced from dpa:Auf nahezu allen Planeten in unserem Sonnensystem haben Forscher ähnlich entstandene Auroras beobachtet. Darüber hinaus jedoch war das Schauspiel noch nicht belegt.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Aurora” in Duden online
* “Aurora” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin Aurōra, from aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈrɔ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Hyphenation: Au‧rò‧ra

### Proper noun

Aurora f
* (Roman mythology) Aurora (goddess of dawn)
* a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Aurora

### Further reading

* Aurora (divinità) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* Aurora (nome) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Latin
### Etymology

See aurōra.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /au̯ˈroː.ra/, [äu̯ˈroːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /au̯ˈro.ra/, [äu̯ˈrɔːrä]

### Proper noun

Aurōra f (genitive Aurōrae); first declension
* (personified) (Roman mythology) Aurora, the goddess of the dawn/morning
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.129:Ōceanum intereā surgēns Aurōra relīquit.Meanwhile Aurora, rising, departs from Oceanus. (Line 4.129 is repeated at Aeneid 11.1; cf. “Aurora” in Book 4 at 7, 568, and 585. Imitated by Chaucer in The Legend of Good Women: “The dawening up-rist out of the see, [...].”)
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.721:Nox abiit, oriturque Aurōra.Night has gone, and Aurora is appearing. (See Aurora (mythology).)
* (transferred) dawn, daybreak, morning
* The East.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* aurōra

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Aurora
* (Roman mythology) Aurora
* a female given name

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aurōra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈrɔ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra
* Homophone: aurora

### Proper noun

Aurora f
* (uncountable, Roman mythology) Aurora (Roman goddess of the dawn, sister of Luna and Sol; equivalent of the Greek Eos)
* (countable) a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Aurora

#### Related terms

* aurora

### Further reading

* Aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aurora in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Aurora f
* a female given name

### Proper noun

Aurora
* A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Aurora f
* a female given name

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aurōra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /auˈɾoɾa/ [au̯ˈɾo.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra

### Proper noun

Aurora f
* (Roman mythology) Aurora
* a female given name

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Aurora c (genitive Auroras)
* (Roman mythology) Aurora
* a female given name

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aurora, from Latin Aurōra. The placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔawˈɾoɾa/ [ʔaʊ̯ˈɾoː.ɾɐ]
** IPA: /ʔoˈɾoɾa/ [ʔoˈɾoː.ɾɐ] (English influence)
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: Au‧ro‧ra

### Proper noun

Aurora (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ)
* Aurora (a province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Baler)
* a female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin]
* several municipalities in the Philippines
** Aurora (a municipality of Isabela)
** Aurora (a municipality of Zamboanga del Sur)
** (historical) San Francisco (a municipality of Quezon) [prior to 1967]

#### Derived terms

* Aurorahin

#### See also

* Abra
* Agusan del Norte
* Agusan del Sur
* Aklan
* Albay
* Antique
* Apayao
* Aurora
* Basilan
* Bataan
* Batanes
* Batangas
* Benguet
* Biliran
* Bohol
* Bukidnon
* Bulacan
* Cagayan
* Camarines Norte
* Camarines Sur
* Camiguin
* Capiz
* Catanduanes
* Cavite
* Cebu
* Davao de Oro
* Davao del Norte
* Davao del Sur
* Davao Occidental
* Davao Oriental
* Guimaras
* Hilagang Cotabato
* Hilagang Samar
* Ifugao
* Ilocos Norte
* Ilocos Sur
* Iloilo
* Isabela
* Kalinga
* Kapuluang Dinagat
* La Union
* Laguna
* Lanao del Norte
* Lanao del Sur
* Leyte
* Maguindanao del Norte
* Maguindanao del Sur
* Marinduque
* Masbate
* Misamis Occidental
* Misamis Oriental
* Mountain Province
* Negros Occidental
* Negros Oriental
* Nueva Vizcaya
* Occidental Mindoro
* Oriental Mindoro
* Palawan
* Pampanga
* Pangasinan
* Quezon
* Quirino
* Rizal
* Romblon
* Samar
* Sarangani
* Silangang Samar
* Siquijor
* Sorsogon
* Sultan Kudarat
* Sulu
* Surigao del Norte
* Surigao del Sur
* Tarlac
* Tawi-Tawi
* Timog Cotabato
* Timog Leyte
* Zambales
* Zamboanga del Norte
* Zamboanga del Sur
* Zamboanga Sibugay

### Further reading

* Aurora on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{tl}$
* “Aurora”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018