aurora
pronunciation
How to pronounce aurora in British English:
UK [ɔ:'rɔ:rə]
How to pronounce aurora in American English:
US [ɒ'roʊrə]
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- Noun:
- the first light of day
- an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
Word Origin
- aurora (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, from PIE *ausus- "dawn," also the name of the Indo-European goddess of the dawn, from root *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn (cognates: Greek eos "dawn," auein "to dry, kindle;" Sanskrit usah, Lithuanian ausra "dawn;" Latin auster "south wind," usum "to burn;" Old English east "east").
Example
- 1. The light creates the aurora that we see .
- 2. An aurora glows over reykjavik , iceland .
- 3. The aurora left southampton for a 14-night western mediterranean cruise on wednesday .
- 4. The president said something similar after the cinema massacre in aurora in july .
- 5. Unfortunately , my little camera was not up to capturing the subtleties of the aurora .