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Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky seen at polar latitudes, commonly referred to as the "northern lights" or the "southern lights"
• Aurora (mythology), the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology

Aurora may also refer to:

[edit] Arts

[edit] Literature

• Aurora Australis (book), the first book published in Antarctica
• Aurora Award (Prix Aurora), Canadian science-fiction and fantasy
• Aurora (comics), superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Aurora (planet), Spacer world in Isaac Asimov's fiction
• Aurora, a defunct science-fiction and fantasy society subsumed by 3. Zmaj
• The name of the airship on which Matt Cruse serves in Airborn

[edit] Music

• Aurora (Angela Chang album)
• Aurora (Bada album)
• Aurora (band), an electronic music project
  • Aurora (Aurora (band) album), the band's self-titled debut album
• Aurora (Esmerine album)
• Aurora Records, a record label
• Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)

[edit] Visual media

• Aurora Community Television, an Australian TV channel
• Aurora (film), a 2006 Ukrainian film
• "Aurora" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
  • Aurora class battleship, an "Ancient" warship in Stargate Atlantis
• Aurora Unit, organic supercomputers in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Princess Aurora, in Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty
  • See Princess Aurora for other uses
• Aurora, the default wallpaper for Windows Vista

[edit] People

• Aurora (name)
• Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
• Aurora Cunha (born 1959), Portuguese long-distance runner
• Aurora Karamzin neé Stjernvall (1808–1902), Finnish philanthropist
• Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
• Aurora Quezon (1888–1949), first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady
• Aurora Robles (born 1980), supermodel
• Aurora Snow (born 1981), American pornographic actress
• Jagjit Singh Aurora (1916–2005), general from India

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

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

[edit] Brazil

• Aurora, Santa Catarina

[edit] Canada

• Aurora, Ontario
  • Aurora Cable Internet
  • Aurora GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the town

[edit] Guatemala

• La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala's major international airport

[edit] Italy

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

[edit] Philippines

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

[edit] South Africa

• Aurora, Western Cape

[edit] South Atlantic

• Aurora Islands

[edit] Suriname

• Aurora, Suriname

[edit] United States

• Aurora, Colorado
• Aurora, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Kentucky
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora Township, 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, West Virginia
• Aurora, Florence County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Taylor County, Wisconsin
• Aurora, Waushara County, Wisconsin

[edit] Vanuatu

• Aurora Island (now generally known as Maewo)

[edit] Sciences

[edit] Biology

• Aurora, a genus of pyraloidea (pyraloid moths), now a junior synonym of Peoria
• Aurora, a genus of brush-footed butterflies whose name is preoccupied by the moth genus; a junior synonym of Acraea
• Aurora kinases, a family of kinase enzymes

[edit] Computers

• Aurora Engine and Aurora toolset, runs Neverwinter Nights
• Aurora (protocol), a link-layer protocol for serial links
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a port of the Fedora Core Linux distribution for SPARC-based computers
• Aurora, the code name for the Windows Vista version Windows Media Player 11
• The "Aurora" brand of gaming PCs from Alienware

[edit] Space

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

[edit] Gemology

• The Aurora Butterfly of Peace
• Aurora Diamond Collection

[edit] Vehicles and vessels

[edit] 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

[edit] Automobiles

• Aurora (1904 automobile)
• Aurora (1957 automobile)
• Oldsmobile Aurora

[edit] Marine

• Aurora, an 18th-century Spanish ship, for which the Aurora Islands are named
• Aurora Australis (icebreaker)
• Aurora (ship), Australian Antarctic expedition vessel
• HMS Aurora, the name of ten ships of the British Royal Navy, of different eras
• M/V Aurora (1977), a ferry operated by the Alaska Marine Highway System
• M/V Aurora (2000), a cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises
• Russian cruiser Aurora, the ship which initiated the October Revolution

[edit] Railway locomotives

• Aurora, a South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

[edit] Others

• Aurora Casket Company, based in Aurora, Indiana, US
• Aurora Energy, electricity company in Tasmania, Australia
• Aurora FC, traditional football club in Guatemala
• Club Aurora, traditional football club in Bolivia.
• Aurora Formula One Series, the British Formula One Series held between 1978 and 1982
• Aurora Health Care, health care company in Wisconsin, US
• Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian company
• Aurora Plastics Corporation, an American toy and hobby company
• Aurora Texas UFO Incident
• Sega Aurora, an arcade board

[edit] See also

• Aroura, ancient Greek unit of measurement
• Aurora Airport, airports associated with the name Aurora

[edit] Aurore

Look up aurore in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Aurore, a variety of grape
• Aurore (2005 film), a film based on Aurore Gagnon's life
• Aurore Gagnon, Aurore, the martyred child

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