Aurora
Aurora (Latin for "dawn") stands for:
- Aurora (mythology) , Roman goddess of the dawn
- Aurora (first name) - see there on namesake
- scientific name of the aurora borealis
Family name:
- Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), Indian lieutenant general
Geography:
- Maéwo , also called Aurora , is the island of the New Hebrides
- Aurora (place name) - list of geographic objects
- Aurora Province, Province of the Philippines
- Aurora Monastery , today Frienisberg Monastery
- Villa Aurora , in western Los Angeles, USA
- Aurora (windmill) , gallery Dutch windmill in Jork
Aerospace:
- (94) Aurora , heavenly body of the main belt
- Aurora (ESA) , European solar system exploration project
- Aurora (project) , alleged to be codenamed for a US reconnaissance aircraft
- Aurora , further development of the Russian Soyuz rocket, see Soyuz (rocket) #Aurora
- Lockheed CP-140 Aurora , Canadian Air Force submarine fighter aircraft
- Aurora Airlines (Russia) , Russian airline
- Aurora Airlines (Slovenia) , former Slovenian charter airline
Mining:
- Aurora , natural stone from Scandinavia, see migmatite
- Zeche Aurora , hard coal mine in Hattingen, Ruhr area
Computer technology:
- Aurora , developer version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox , see History of Firefox #Aurora
- Aurora HDR , image editing software from Skylum (2015)
- Z88 Aurora , software package for the finite element method, see Z88 (software) #Functions of Z88Aurora
Companies:
- Aurora University , former Catholic private university in Shanghai, China
- Aurora Cannabis , Canadian manufacturer of medical cannabis
- Aurora , brand name of a flour product , see Heinrich Auer #brand name is created
Art and Literature:
- Aurora , heroic opera by ETA Hoffmann (1812)
- Aurora , opera by Ettore Panizza (1908), known for “Cancion A La Bandera”, in Argentina as a song to salute the national flag
- Aurora polka by Johann Strauss
- Aurora (Reni) , ceiling fresco by Guido Reni in the Palazzo Rospigliosi in Rome
- Aurora (Alastair Reynolds) , German title of the English novel The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds (2008)
- Aurora (Robert Harris) , novel by Robert Harris (1998)
- Aurora or dawn in the rise , main work by Jakob Böhme (1612)
- Aurora consurgens , medieval alchemical manuscript, attributed to Thomas Aquinas ( ca.1420 )
- Aurora yearbook, published by the Eichendorff Society
- Aurora-Verlag , exile publisher of German authors in the USA
- Plan Aurora , main plot in the novel The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
Music:
- Aurora (album) , album by rappers LGoony and Crack Ignaz
- Aurora ball dances , waltzes
- Aurora (Hungarian band) , Hungarian punk band
- Aurora (record label) , label of VEB German records in the GDR
- Aurora Lacasa, singer of Spanish origin in the GDR and FRG
- Aurora (singer) , Norwegian singer
- Aurora , later name of the former English NWoBHM band A II Z
Movie and TV:
- Aurora , Norwegian Film Award, see Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival #Aurora
- Aurora (1985) , Italian film directed by Maurizio Ponzi
- Aurora (1997) , German documentary by Sibylle Hofter
- Aurora (2010) , Romanian film by Cristi Puiu
- Aurora (2017) , German short film by Philip Escobar Jung
Ships:
- Aurora (ship, 1835) , frigate, last Russian military sailing ship
- Aurora (ship, 1876) , whaling ship
- Aurora (ship, 1900) , armored deck cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy, symbol of the October Revolution
- Aurora (ship, 1902) , a miner in the Romanian Navy
- Aurora (ship, 1904) , yacht by Benito Mussolini
- Aurora (ship, 1953) , former training ship of the seafaring school Leer
- Aurora, Alaska Marine Highway System ferry, see Aurora class
- Aurora (ship, 2000) , P&O Cruises cruise ship based in Southampton, UK
- Aurora (ship, 2012) , Esvagt rescue tug
- Aurora (ship, 2014) , Aarhus University research ship
- HMS Aurora , several Royal Navy ships
Automobile:
- Aurora Automatic Machinery Company , former American motorcycle and automobile manufacturer (1903-1916)
- Aurora Automobile Company , former American automobile manufacturer (1905-1906)
- Aurora Cars , former Canadian automobile manufacturer
- Aurora Motor Manufacturing , a former British car manufacturer
- Aurora Motor also Custom Automobile Corporation of America , a former American automobile manufacturer (1957–1958) founded by Alfred Juliano
- Aurora Projetos Automobilísticos , former Brazilian automobile manufacturer
- Emancipator Automobile Company , formerly Aurora Motor Works , former American automobile manufacturer (1907–1909)
- Oldsmobile Aurora , luxury sedan produced until 2003
Avrora (Russian for "Aurora") stands for:
- Kupol Avrora , ice dome in Antarctica
- Buhta Avrora , bay in Antarctica
See also:
- Aurora Research Institute (research institute in Canada)
- Aurora Creek (disambiguation)
- La Aurora (disambiguation)
- Nova Aurora (disambiguation)
- Awrora (disambiguation)
- Aurore (disambiguation)
Wiktionary: Aurora - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
