"aurora" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈɹɔː.ɹə/ [UK], /ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/ [UK], /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/ [US], /ɔˈɹɔɹ.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aurora.wav Forms: auroras [plural], aurorae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹə Etymology: From Latin aurōra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|id=dawn}}, {{der|en|la|aurōra||dawn}} Latin aurōra (“dawn”), {{doublet|en|Eos}} Doublet of Eos Head templates: {{en-noun|s|aurorae}} aurora (plural auroras or aurorae)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena Synonyms: chasma [obsolete, rare], polar light Hyponyms (Northern Hemisphere): aurora borealis, northern lights Hyponyms (Southern Hemisphere): aurora australis, southern lights Translations (atmospheric phenomenon): aurorë (Albanian), شَفَق قُطْبِيّ (šafaq quṭbiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), һаҙағай (haźağay) (Bashkir), се́верно сия́ние (séverno sijánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aurora f polar (Catalan), 極光 (Chinese Mandarin), 极光 (jíguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), polární záře [feminine] (Czech), polarlys [neuter] (Danish), poollicht [neuter] (Dutch), aŭroro (Esperanto), virmalised [plural] (Estonian), pólalýsi [neuter] (Faroese), revontulet [plural] (Finnish), aurore polaire [feminine] (French), aurora [feminine] (Galician), Polarlicht [neuter] (German), σέλας (sélas) [neuter] (Greek), זֹהַר הַקֹּטֶב (zóhar haqótev) [masculine] (Hebrew), sarki fény (Hungarian), segulljós [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), auroro (Ido), revontulet (Ingrian), gealán [masculine] (Irish), 極光 (kyokukō) (alt: きょくこう) (Japanese), オーロラ (ōrora) (Japanese), 극광 (geukgwang) (alt: 極光) (Korean), 오로라 (orora) (Korean), pūstumdzīsna (Latgalian), polardzīsna (Latgalian), sarkanis [plural] (Latgalian), aurōra [feminine] (Latin), ziemeļblāzma (Latvian), polārblāzma (Latvian), kāvi (Latvian), авро́ра (avróra) [feminine] (Macedonian), tahunuiarangi (Maori), tahu-nui-a-rangi (Maori), ngā kurakura o Hinenuitepō (Maori), polarlys [neuter] (Norwegian), ارورا (ororâ) (Persian), شفق قطبی (šafaq-e qotbi) (Persian), اوشه (uše) (Persian), zorza polarna [feminine] (Polish), aurora [feminine] (Polish), zorza poranna [feminine] (Polish), aurora [feminine] (Portuguese), auroră polară [feminine] (Romanian), поля́рное сия́ние (poljárnoje sijánije) [neuter] (Russian), се́верное сия́ние (sévernoje sijánije) (english: northern lights) [neuter] (Russian), aurora [feminine] (Spanish), polarsken [neuter] (Swedish), kutup ışığı (Turkish), поля́рне ся́йво (poljárne sjájvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), قۇتۇپ نۇرى (qutup nuri) (Uyghur), cực quang (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "aurorë"
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      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "極光"
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      "word": "极光"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "aurore polaire"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aurora"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Polarlicht"
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      "word": "gealán"
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      "word": "極光"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōrora",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "オーロラ"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geukgwang",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "극광"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "word": "오로라"
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      "word": "aurōra"
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      "word": "polārblāzma"
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      "word": "kāvi"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "avróra",
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      "word": "авро́ра"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "ngā kurakura o Hinenuitepō"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "ارورا"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šafaq-e qotbi",
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      "word": "شفق قطبی"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "uše",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "اوشه"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zorza polarna"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aurora"
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      "word": "zorza poranna"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "auroră polară"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poljárnoje sijánije",
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      "word": "поля́рное сия́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "northern lights",
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      "roman": "sévernoje sijánije",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
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      "word": "се́верное сия́ние"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
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      "word": "polarsken"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "kutup ışığı"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poljárne sjájvo",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "поля́рне ся́йво"
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      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qutup nuri",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "قۇتۇپ نۇرى"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "atmospheric phenomenon",
      "word": "cực quang"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.