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• aurora

  aurōra, ae, f. [acc. to Curtius, a reduplicated form for ausosa, from Sanscr. ush, to burn; cf. αὔως...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Aurora

  ·noun A species of crowfoot. II. Aurora ·noun The rise, dawn, or beginning. III. Aurora ·noun The ...

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• aurora

  The faint light which precedes sunrising. Also the mythological mother of the winds and stars. ...

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• aurora australis

  n. the Southern equivalent for Aurora borealis. 1790. J. White, `Voyage to New South Wales,' p. 21...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• aurora borealis

  See aurora australis ...

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• aurora australis or borealis

  The extraordinary and luminous meteoric phenomenon which by its streaming effulgence cheers the drea...

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