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Aura
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AURA Aura aura aură aurá aurą àura
English
<dab!>
Alternative forms
en Ora
Etymology
The name of the deity is from en grc Αὔρα, from grc αὔρα breeze.
Proper noun
~
en female Latin Aurelia.
1861 W. W. Fosdick - George R. Poulton, Aura Lea (a song):
Aura Lea, Aura Lea, / Maid with golden hair;
en Greek mythology Roman mythology A minor female deity.
Usage notes
given name Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the end of the 19th century.
See also
en Aura (mythology)
Anagrams
en aaru Aaru Arau
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Auruson Aurudóttir
Declension
Aura Auru Auru Auru
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fi river
The municipality is named after the river, probably from fi gmq-osw āþra (thus fi Eura 1).
Proper noun
fi municipality r/Southwest Finland near Turku
fi Aurajoki River Aura: fi river in southwestern c/Finland flowing through Turku and discharging into the Archipelago Sea
Declension
municipality internal Aura Aurassa 1
sg Aur a
Derived terms
fi auralainen
fi compounds Aurajoki aurajuusto
Etymology 2
fi surname
Possibly from the same origin as the river (fi Aura river, etymology 1) or from fi aura plough plough/plow as an occupational surname.
Proper noun
fi Finnish
Declension
Aur a
Derived terms
fi Aurala Auramo Auranen
Statistics
dvv_20250813 482 1754 4
Etymology 3
fi astronomy
From fi aura plough, plow plough.
Proper noun
fi astronomy fi Otava The Plough, Big Dipper
Declension
sg Aur a
Etymology 4
fi name
Shortened from fi Aurora.
Proper noun
fi female Latin
fi 2019 Riikka Pelo Kaikki elävä Teos 9789518519174 368 Muistin nyt hänen nimensä. Aura. Aura. Aura. Elämänvoima. Sädekehä. Valo. Sähkömagneettinen kenttä. Then her name came back to me. Aura. Aura. Aura. Life force. Halo. Light. Electromagnetic field.
Declension
Aur a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1103 598 381
References
Anagrams
fi aaru raau uraa
German
Etymology
de la aura, ultimately from de grc αὔρα.
Pronunciation
de [ˈaʊ̯ʁa]
de De-Aura.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f,Auren
aura
Declension
f,Auren
Italian
Pronunciation
Àura
Proper noun
f
it female
Norwegian Bokmål
Aura no
thumb|The river Aura in Eikesdalen.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈæʉ̯.ra/
nb æʉra 2
nb aura
nb Au ra
Etymology 1
From non aurr gravel; coarse sand, hence probably “the gravel river”. The name is borne independently by rivers in Molde and Skjåk. The first element of nb Aurdal is probably a lost river name nb Aura of the same origin.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb river mun:suf/Molde county:also/Møre og Romsdal c:also/Norway, flowing from nb Aursjøen through nb Eikesdalen into nb Eikesdalsvatnet
nb river mun:suf/Skjåk county:also/Innlandet c:also/Norway, a tributary of the nb Otta
Etymology 2
nb fi Aura. The municipality is named after the nearby fi Aurajoki Aura River, known in Norwegian as nb Aura å; its shape has also been associated with fi aura plough. The poetic use for Finland likewise refers to the river.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb municipality r:suf/Southwest Finland c:also/Finland
Etymology 3
The female given name has several possible origins. It may be a short form of nb Aurora or nb Aurelia. It may also be an independent adoption of la aura breeze, air, from nb grc αὔρα aúra breeze, breath, the source of the common noun nb aura. In Finnish and wider Nordic naming tradition, it may additionally be associated with the fi Aurajoki Aura River and the allegorical name derived from it.
Compare fi Aura, sv Aura, da Aura and fo Aura female given names.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female
Statistics
According to name statistics based on Statistics Norway, 39 women in Norway had nb Aura as their first given name as of 31 December 2025; 18 of them had it as their sole given name.“Aura”, Alt om navn, based on data from Statistics Norway.
References
Aura (Nesset) no
Aura (Skjåk) no
Aura (Finland) no
“Aura” in the Norwegian Mapping Authority's Central Place-Name Register.
“Aura – elv i Molde” in Store norske leksikon.
“Aura – elv i Skjåk” in Store norske leksikon.
“Aurdal” in Store norske leksikon.
“Aura å” in Store norske leksikon.
“Aura municipality” at Suomi.fi.
“Aura” at Nordic Names.
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