aurora
- noun
- /əˈrɔrə/
- Literature
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- Rosaura, as an anagram for auroras, signals the coming of day.
Examples
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"This is a fusion bomb," DeLillo reminds us; among other things, this digital representation of Armageddon fuses the computer, the dead nun, and the blast itself, "a great aurora glory massing on the color monitor."
Academic text (1997) -
As dawn broke, the soft light of the aurora painted the sky in shades of pink and gold.
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And, of course, I set it to Icelandic time because we share a love of the aurora borealis, Gordy.
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Astraea's return, the spirit's return, serves to commence the healing process and to plant the seed that represents the dawn (auroras) of an age of gold.
Academic text (1992) -
The poet described the aurora as a gentle reminder that a new day had arrived.
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Early risers marveled at the beauty of the aurora, signaling the start of a bright morning.
Synonyms
386
1.0
The first light in the sky before the sun rises
220
1.0
The time in the morning when the sun comes up and day begins
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1.7
The time in the morning when the sky starts to get bright
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1.0
The time in the early morning when light first appears in the sky
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3.7
The time when the first light appears in the morning
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1.0
The time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon
4
1.0
The first light of morning when the sun rises
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9.1
The time very early in the morning when light first appears
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1.9
The first light of morning when the sun begins to appear
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9.9
First light in the morning when the sky begins to get bright
Soft pale light that appears in the sky just before sunrise
Light from the sun during the day
Compounds
- Specialized
4
7.6
A natural show of bright, colorful lights in the night sky in northern regions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aurora comes from the Latin name Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, and it means 'first light of day'. That is why poets and writers use aurora to name the moment when night becomes morning.