Contents 1 Arts 1.1 Literature 1.2 Music 1.3 Visual media 2 People 3 Places 3.1 Australia 3.2 Brazil 3.3 Canada 3.4 Guatemala 3.5 Italy 3.6 Philippines 3.7 South Africa 3.8 South Atlantic 3.9 Suriname 3.10 United States 3.11 Vanuatu 4 Sciences 4.1 Biology 4.2 Computers 4.3 Space 4.4 Gemology 5 Vehicles and vessels 5.1 Aircraft and aerospace vehicles 5.2 Automobiles 5.3 Marine 5.4 Railway locomotives 6 Others 7 See also 7.1 Aurore

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:

Arts

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

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)

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

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

Places

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

Brazil

• Aurora, Santa Catarina

Canada

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

Guatemala

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

Italy

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

Philippines

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

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, 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

Vanuatu

• Aurora Island (now generally known as Maewo)

Sciences

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

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

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

Gemology

• The Aurora Butterfly of Peace
• Aurora Diamond Collection

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

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

Railway locomotives

• Aurora, a South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

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

See also

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

Aurore

• 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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