Aurora

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Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky seen at polar latitudes, often referred to as Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights)
• Aurora (mythology), the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology

Aurora may also refer to:

Arts

Literature

• Aurora (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Aurora (newspaper), a Swedish newspaper
• Aurora (planet), a Spacer world in Isaac Asimov's fiction
• Aurora Award or Prix Aurora, a Canadian science-fiction and fantasy award
• Aurora, a surrealist novel by Michel Leiris
• Aurora, the airship on which Matt Cruse serves in Airborn
• Aurora (periodical), a Hungarian literary journal, published 1822-1837
• Philadelphia Aurora, an early Philadelphia newspaper

Music

• Aurora (electronica band), a British electronic music project
• Aurora (punk band), a Hungarian punk band
• Aurora (Christian band), American/British girl group
  • Aurora (Aurora album), self-titled debut album
• Aurora (Jean-Luc Ponty album)
• Aurora (Angela Chang album)
• Aurora (Bada album)
• Aurora (Esmerine album)
• Aurora (Nico Touches the Walls album)
• Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)
• Aurora (opera), a opera by Ettore Panizza
• "Aurora", a 2009 song and album and by Avishai Cohen
• "Aurora", a 1941 song by The Andrews Sisters
• "Aurora", a song by 36 Crazyfists from Rest Inside the Flames
• "Aurora", a song by Björk from Vespertine
• "Aurora", a song by Foo Fighters from There Is Nothing Left to Lose
• "Aurora", a song by Lapush from Someplace Closer to Here
• "Aurora", a song by Vanessa Mae from Storm
• "Aurora", a song by Veruca Salt from Tank Girl
• "Aurora", an orchestral tone poem by William Lloyd Webber

Visual media

• Aurora (1984 film), a 1984 Italian film
• Aurora (2006 film), a 2006 Ukrainian film
• Aurora (2010 film), a 2010 Romanian film
• Aurora (Disney), the main character in Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty
• Aurora (telenovela), a telenovela about a ballerina who is frozen cryogenically for twenty years
• "Aurora" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
  • Aurora class battleship, an "Ancient" warship in Stargate Atlantis
• Aurora Community Channel, an Australian TV channel
• Aurora bomber, a fictional bomber aircraft in the game Command & Conquer: Generals
• Aurora Unit, organic supercomputers in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Aurora (di Suvero), a sculpture by Mark di Suvero

Buildings and structures

• Aurora Bridge, common alternative name for the George Washington Memorial Bridge in Seattle, Washington
• Aurora Wheel, a giant Ferris wheel at Nagashima Spa Land

Places

Australia

• Aurora, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• Aurora Place, a skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales
• Aurora Tower, a skyscraper in Brisbane, Queensland
• York Park or Aurora Stadium, a stadium in Launceston, Tasmania

Canada

• Aurora, Ontario

Guatemala

• La Aurora International Airport

Italy

• Aurora (Turin), an historical district in the city of Turin

New Zealand

• Aurora Cave, a cave on the South Island

Philippines

• Aurora (province)
• Aurora, Isabela
• Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur

Romania

• Aurora, a village in Cujmir Commune, Mehedinţi County
• Cap Aurora, one of the Romanian Black Sea resorts

South Africa

• Aurora, Western Cape

South Atlantic

• Aurora Islands

Suriname

• Aurora, Suriname

United States

• Aurora, Colorado
• Aurora, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Kentucky
• Aurora, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora Township, Steele County, Minnesota
• Aurora, Missouri
• Aurora, Nebraska
• Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
• Aurora, Erie County, New York
• Aurora, Nevada
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oregon
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• Aurora, South Dakota
• Aurora, Texas
• Aurora, Utah
• Aurora Avenue, Seattle, Washington, see Washington State Route 99
• Aurora, West Virginia
• Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin, a town
  • Aurora (community), Florence County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Aurora, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, a neighborhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin, a town
• Aurora, Washington County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin, a town
  • Auroraville, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Vanuatu

• Aurora Island or Maewo

Sciences

Biology

• Aurora kinases, a family of kinase enzymes
• Aurora (genus), an obsolete name of the sponge genus Rhabdastrella

Computers

• Aurora (operating system)
• Aurora (protocol), a link-layer protocol for serial links
• Aurora Engine, a game engine developed by BioWare for use in computer and console role-playing games
• Aurora toolset, a toolkit in Neverwinter Nights
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a port of the Fedora Core Linux distribution
• Operation Aurora, a cyber attack against Google and other companies
• Aurora, the code name for the Windows Vista version of Windows Media Player 11
• Aurora, a brand of gaming PCs from Alienware
• AURORA, a cryptographic hash algorithm developed by Sony
• Sega Aurora, an integrated hardware platform
• Aurora, the name for a pre-release build of Mozilla Firefox
• Aurora, an open source DJ mixer
• NOVO7 Aurora, tablet

Space

• 94 Aurora, an asteroid discovered by J. C. Watson in 1867
• Aurora programme, a strategy of the European Space Agency
• Aurora, an albedo feature on Mercury

Vehicles and vessels

Aircraft and aerospace vehicles

• Aurora (aircraft), a possible United States Air Force hypersonic spy plane
• CP-140 Aurora, maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces

Automobiles

• Aurora (1957 automobile)
• Aurora Solar Car
• Oldsmobile Aurora

Marine

• SY Aurora, a steam yacht that made several Antarctic expeditions
• HMS Aurora, the name of ten ships of the British Royal Navy, of different eras
• Russian cruiser Aurora, the ship which initiated the October Revolution
• USS Aurora (SP-345), a tug and minesweeper of the United States Navy
• SS Aurora, a number of steamships with this name
• MV Aurora, a number of motor vessels with this name

Motorsport

• Aurora Formula One Series, the British Formula One Series held between 1978 and 1982

Railway locomotives

• Aurora, a South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

Organizations

• Aurora Flight Sciences, an US aerospace company specializing in the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian company
• Aurora Energy, an electricity company in Tasmania, Australia
• Aurora F.C., a football club in Guatemala
• Club Aurora, a football club in Bolivia
• Aurora Health Care, a health care company in Wisconsin, US
• Aurora Plastics Corporation, an American toy and hobby company

Education

• Aurora University, an American university in Aurora, Illinois
• Aurora College, a Canadian university with multiple campuses in the Northwest Territories
• Aurora College (Invercargill), a secondary school in Invercargill, New Zealand
• Community College of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado

People

• Aurora (name), a feminine given name
• Jagjit Singh Arora (1916–2005), Indian soldier
• Daisuke Aurora, character in Heat Guy J

Other uses

• Aurora, Texas UFO incident, an alleged UFO sighting and crash

See also

• Aurora Australis (icebreaker)
• Aurora Australis (book)
• Aurora Butterfly of Peace
• Aurora Pyramid of Hope
• Aurora Airport (disambiguation)
• Aurore (disambiguation)
• Arora (disambiguation)
• Avrora (disambiguation)

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