Aurora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/
ipa: /əˈɹɔːɹ.ə/
ipa: /ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/
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.
Senses: examples: text: As faire Aurora in her purple pall, / Out of the East the dawning day doth call […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
examples: text: 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!
ref: 1904, George Bernard Shaw, How He Lied to Her Husband:
glosses: A female given name from Latin, in regular use since the 19th century.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 94 Aurora, a main belt asteroid.
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: the Russian cruiser Aurora, a cruiser of Soviet Navy.
glosses: the dawn
glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada; named for the goddess.
glosses: A town in the Western Cape, South Africa; named for the goddess.
glosses: A town in Suriname.
glosses: A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines; named after First Lady Aurora Quezon. Capital: Baler.
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
glosses: A historical district of Turin, Italy.
glosses: A locale in Brazil.
A municipality of Ceará.
glosses: A locale in Brazil.
A municipality of Santa Catarina.
glosses: A locale in the Philippines.
A town in Isabela.
glosses: A locale in the Philippines.
A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named after Aurora Quezon.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in California.
examples: text: “Based on our initial investigative work, we believe reports of TdA influence in Aurora are isolated, police said in an August 28 statement.
ref: 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:
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Colorado; named for the goddess.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city mainly in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, and suburb of Chicago; named for the goddess.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Indiana; named for the goddess.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Iowa; named for the village of East Aurora, New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Maine; named for the goddess.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Missouri; named for the goddess.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Nebraska; named for the city in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in Nevada; named for the goddess.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A village in Cayuga County, New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Erie County, New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in North Carolina.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Ohio.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Oregon; named for the daughter of the founder, Prussian-American mystic William Keil.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in South Dakota; named for the city in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Texas.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Utah; named for the aurora borealis seen in the area.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in West Virginia.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Florence County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A ghost town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Maewo (an island of Vanuatu).
glosses: Makatea (an island of French Polynesia).
Derived terms: Aurora County
Aurora Hill Proper
East Aurora
North Central Aurora Hill
South Central Aurora Hill