Aurora

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Contents 1 Arts 1.1 Literature 1.2 Music 1.3 Visual media 2 People 3 Places 3.1 Australia 3.2 Canada 3.3 Guatemala 3.4 Italy 3.5 Philippines 3.6 South Africa 3.7 South Atlantic 3.8 Suriname 3.9 United States 3.10 Vanuatu 4 Educational Facilities 5 Sciences 5.1 Biology 5.2 Computers 5.3 Space 6 Vehicles and vessels 6.1 Aircraft and aerospace vehicles 6.2 Automobiles 6.3 Marine 6.4 Railway locomotives 7 Others 8 See also 8.1 Aurore

Aurora most commonly refers to:

• Aurora (astronomy), a glow in the sky seen at polar latitudes
• Aurora (mythology), the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology

Aurora may also be:

[edit] Arts

[edit] Literature

• Aurora (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Aurora (planet), Spacer world in Isaac Asimov's fiction
• Aurora Award (Prix Aurora), Canadian science-fiction and fantasy
• Aurora, a defunct science-fiction & fantasy society subsumed by 3. Zmaj
• Aurora Australis (book), the first book published in Antarctica

[edit] Music

• Aurora (Angela Chang album)
• Aurora (Bada album)
• Aurora (Esmerine album)
• Aurora, a 1976 album from Jean-Luc Ponty
• Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)
• Aurora Heads, a trance/electronic music band
• "Aurora", a symphonic poem composed by William Lloyd Webber
• "Aurora", a song by the Foo Fighters from their 1999 album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose
• "Aurora", a song by Björk from her 2001 album Vespertine
• "Aurora", a song by Mike Oldfield, from his 2008 album Music of the Spheres
• "Aurora", a song by Veruca Salt
• "Aurora", a song by Japanese rock band Do As Infinity
• Aurora Records, a record label
• Aurora (band), an electronic music project
  • Aurora (Aurora (band) album). the band's self-titled debut album
• "Fuck You Aurora", a track on the Alkaline Trio's 2000 album Maybe I'll Catch Fire

[edit] Visual media

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

[edit] People

• Aurora (name)
• Aurora A. Quezon, first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady
• Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
• Aurora Cunha, Portuguese long-distance runner
• Aurora Karamzin, (1808 - 1902) Finnish philanthropist
• Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
• Aurora Robles, supermodel
• Aurora Stjernvall, Finnish benefactor
• Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
• J S Aurora, General from India

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

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

[edit] Canada

• Aurora, Ontario
  • Aurora Cable Internet
  • Aurora Transit
  • 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 (province)
• Aurora, Isabela
• 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 Reservoir
• Aurora, Illinois
  • Aurora University, Illinois
• Aurora, Indiana
• Aurora, Iowa
• Aurora, Kansas
• Aurora, Maine
• Aurora, Minnesota
• Aurora, Missouri
• Aurora, Nebraska
• Aurora, Nevada
• Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
• Aurora, Erie County, New York
  • East Aurora, New York, a village within Aurora
  • Aurora Expressway, an expressway in western New York
• Aurora, North Carolina
• Aurora, Ohio
• Aurora, Oregon
• 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
• Aurora County, South Dakota
• Aurora Township, Minnesota

[edit] Vanuatu

• Aurora Island (now generally known as Maewo)

[edit] Educational Facilities

• Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, in the Northwest Territories, Canada
• Aurora University, Illinois, USA
• Aurora University (Shanghai), merged into Shangai Second Medical College in 1952
• Aurora College (Invercargill), formerly Mount Anglem College, Invercargill, New Zealand

[edit] Sciences

[edit] Biology

• Aurora Kinases, a family of kinase enzymes

[edit] Computers

• Aurora engine and Aurora toolset, runs Neverwinter Nights
• Aurora, an adware client from DirectRevenue
• Aurora SPARC Linux, a port of the Fedora Core Linux distribution for SPARC-based computers
• Aurora (protocol), a link-layer protocol for serial links.
• the code name for the Windows Vista version Windows Media Player 11

[edit] Space

• Aurora (astronomy), the northern or southern lights
• 94 Aurora, an asteroid discovered by J. C. Watson, 1867
• The Aurora Programme, a strategy of the European Space Agency
• Aurora is an albedo feature on Mercury

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

[edit] Railway locomotives

• A South Devon Railway Comet class locomotive

[edit] Others

• Aroura, ancient Greek unit of measurement
• Aurora Airport, airports associated with the name Aurora
• Aurora Casket Company, based in Aurora, Indiana, US
• Aurora Energy, electricity company in Tasmania, Australia
• Aurora FC, traditional football club in Guatemala
• Aurora Health Care, health care company in Wisconsin, US
• Aurora (pen manufacturer), an Italian company
• Aurora University, Illinois, US
• Aurora Texas UFO Incident
• Sega Aurora, an arcade board
• Aurora Plastics Corporation Plastic Model Kits, Slot Cars, Toys

[edit] See also

[edit] Aurore

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