- Aurora
- AuroraAurora1 [ô rôr′ə, ərôr′ə]n.pl. for 2-4 auroras, aurorae [ô rôr′ē, ə rôr′ē] [L, lit., dawn: for IE base see EAST]1. Rom. Myth. the goddess of dawn: identified with the Greek Eos2. [a-] the dawn3. [a-] AURORA AUSTRALIS or AURORA BOREALIS4. [a-] any of various luminous phenomena, similar to the aurora borealis, in the atmosphere of a planetauroraladj.aurorean [ô rôr′ē ən, ə rôr′ē ən]Aurora2 [ô rôr′ə, ərôr′ə]1. [after the goddess Aurora, prob. because of pleasant connotations] city in NC Colo., near Denver: pop. 276,0002. [after the goddess Aurora] city in NE Ill., near Chicago: pop. 143,000
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.