Aurora

noun 1. the first light of day; 'we got up before dawn'; 'they talked until morning'

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

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

An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

Etymology: From Latin aurōra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos.

aurora; dawn

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aurōra.

Aurora

aurora; dawn, sunrise

Etymology: From Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.

dawn; daybreak; clipping of aurora boreal

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

red sky at morning (term for the brightening sky just before sunrise, when the sky takes on a yellow-orange color on the horizon)

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra. Doublet of Eos.

Aurora; a female given name

Aurora; a female given name

synonym of auroraperhonen (“orange tip butterfly”)

Etymology: From Latin aurōra.

definite nominative/accusative singular of auroră

dawn, sunrise

Etymology: From Proto-Italic *auzōs (as Flōra from flōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra, from *h₂ews- (“east”). Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the English east.