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NOUN (3)

1. the first light of day;
- Example: "we got up before dawn"
- Example: "they talked until morning"
[syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]

2. an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force;

3. (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aurora \Au*ro"ra\, n.; pl. E. Auroras, L. (rarely used) Auror[ae]. [L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. ?, ?, dawn, Skr. ushas, and E. east.] 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. [1913 Webster] 2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 3. (Class. Myth.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). [1913 Webster] Aurora borealis, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as an arch of light across the heavens from east to west. Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or blood color. The Aurora australisis a corresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the same manner from near the southern horizon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aurora n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force 3: (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "aurora": alpenglow, arch aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, aurora glory, aurora polaris, break of day, brightening, chanticleer, cockcrow, cocklight, crack of dawn, crepuscule, dawn, dawning, dawnlight, day-peep, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, first brightening, first light, foredawn, glow, half-light, light, merry dancers, morn, morning, morning twilight, northern lights, peep of day, polar lights, polar ray, prime, southern lights, sunrise, sunup, the small hours, twilight, vestibule of Day
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Aurora A Prolog implementation with or-parallelism. ["The Aurora Or-Parallel Prolog System", E. Lusk et al, Proc 3rd Intl Conf on Fifth Generation Comp Systems, pp. 819-830, ICOT, A-W 1988]. (2018-01-01)
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Aurora -- U.S. County in South Dakota Population (2000): 3058 Housing Units (2000): 1298 Land area (2000): 708.178630 sq. miles (1834.174153 sq. km) Water area (2000): 4.350324 sq. miles (11.267286 sq. km) Total area (2000): 712.528954 sq. miles (1845.441439 sq. km) Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46 Location: 43.705151 N, 98.542675 W Headwords: Aurora Aurora, SD Aurora County Aurora County, SD
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 4225 Housing Units (2000): 1798 Land area (2000): 1.883621 sq. miles (4.878555 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.883621 sq. miles (4.878555 sq. km) FIPS code: 02690 Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 40.866716 N, 98.003537 W ZIP Codes (1990): 68818 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, NE Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, NY -- U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 720 Housing Units (2000): 225 Land area (2000): 0.959538 sq. miles (2.485191 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.959538 sq. miles (2.485191 sq. km) FIPS code: 03188 Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 42.746782 N, 76.699442 W ZIP Codes (1990): 13026 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, NY Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado Population (2000): 276393 Housing Units (2000): 109260 Land area (2000): 142.503578 sq. miles (369.082557 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.238589 sq. miles (0.617943 sq. km) Total area (2000): 142.742167 sq. miles (369.700500 sq. km) FIPS code: 04000 Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08 Location: 39.695887 N, 104.808101 W ZIP Codes (1990): 80010 80011 80012 80013 80014 80015 80016 80017 80018 80019 80045 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, CO Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 583 Housing Units (2000): 316 Land area (2000): 0.946708 sq. miles (2.451963 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.091933 sq. miles (0.238106 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.038641 sq. miles (2.690069 sq. km) FIPS code: 02620 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.301476 N, 76.789461 W ZIP Codes (1990): 27806 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, NC Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 13556 Housing Units (2000): 5361 Land area (2000): 23.221389 sq. miles (60.143119 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.871819 sq. miles (2.258002 sq. km) Total area (2000): 24.093208 sq. miles (62.401121 sq. km) FIPS code: 03086 Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39 Location: 41.319254 N, 81.355859 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, OH Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois Population (2000): 142990 Housing Units (2000): 48797 Land area (2000): 38.526020 sq. miles (99.781930 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.893204 sq. miles (2.313387 sq. km) Total area (2000): 39.419224 sq. miles (102.095317 sq. km) FIPS code: 03012 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 41.759879 N, 88.298482 W ZIP Codes (1990): 60504 60505 60506 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, IL Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 655 Housing Units (2000): 262 Land area (2000): 0.454299 sq. miles (1.176630 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.454299 sq. miles (1.176630 sq. km) FIPS code: 03300 Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41 Location: 45.230157 N, 122.755389 W ZIP Codes (1990): 97002 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, OR Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, IN -- U.S. city in Indiana Population (2000): 3965 Housing Units (2000): 1716 Land area (2000): 2.776314 sq. miles (7.190619 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.143297 sq. miles (0.371137 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.919611 sq. miles (7.561756 sq. km) FIPS code: 02782 Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18 Location: 39.058551 N, 84.906351 W ZIP Codes (1990): 47001 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, IN Aurora
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Aurora, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 194 Housing Units (2000): 88 Land area (2000): 0.573115 sq. miles (1.484361 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.573115 sq. miles (1.484361 sq. km) FIPS code: 03835 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 42.618061 N, 91.728519 W ZIP Codes (1990): 50607 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, IA Aurora
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Aurora, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 79 Housing Units (2000): 39 Land area (2000): 0.100954 sq. miles (0.261470 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.100954 sq. miles (0.261470 sq. km) FIPS code: 03425 Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 39.451641 N, 97.530396 W ZIP Codes (1990): 67417 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, KS Aurora
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Aurora, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota Population (2000): 500 Housing Units (2000): 221 Land area (2000): 0.458504 sq. miles (1.187519 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.458504 sq. miles (1.187519 sq. km) FIPS code: 02780 Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46 Location: 44.283215 N, 96.686048 W ZIP Codes (1990): 57002 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, SD Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, TX -- U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 853 Housing Units (2000): 332 Land area (2000): 3.228153 sq. miles (8.360877 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.228153 sq. miles (8.360877 sq. km) FIPS code: 04672 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 33.058295 N, 97.516220 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, TX Aurora
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Aurora, UT -- U.S. city in Utah Population (2000): 947 Housing Units (2000): 321 Land area (2000): 1.011631 sq. miles (2.620111 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.011631 sq. miles (2.620111 sq. km) FIPS code: 02740 Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49 Location: 38.921241 N, 111.936427 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, UT Aurora
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Aurora, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 1850 Housing Units (2000): 893 Land area (2000): 3.795947 sq. miles (9.831458 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.138476 sq. miles (0.358652 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.934423 sq. miles (10.190110 sq. km) FIPS code: 02872 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 47.529281 N, 92.240164 W ZIP Codes (1990): 55705 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, MN Aurora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Aurora, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 7014 Housing Units (2000): 3093 Land area (2000): 5.485122 sq. miles (14.206401 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.005816 sq. miles (0.015064 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.490938 sq. miles (14.221465 sq. km) FIPS code: 02548 Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29 Location: 36.969956 N, 93.720574 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Aurora, MO Aurora