how to pronounce aurora

/ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/

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aurora is pronounced in three syllables

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ɔː

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An example use of aurora in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… called aurora and he founded his own …”

meanings of aurora

name:

94 Aurora, a main belt asteroid.
A town in North Carolina.
A city in Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
A historical district of Turin, Italy.
A city in Iowa; named for the village of East Aurora, New York.
A ghost town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
A locale in the Philippines.
The Russian cruiser Aurora, a cruiser of Soviet Navy.
A locale in Brazil.
A ghost town in Nevada; named for the goddess.
A town in Ontario, Canada; named for the goddess.
A city in Texas.
A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Wisconsin.
A town in Western Cape, South Africa; named for the goddess.
A female given name from Latin, in regular use since the 19th century.
A town in Florence County, Wisconsin.
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
A town in Erie County, New York.
A city in Ohio.
An unincorporated community in California.
A city in Minnesota.
A census-designated place in West Virginia.
A city in Oregon; named for the daughter of the founder, Prussian-American mystic William Keil.
A town in South Dakota; named for the city in Illinois.
A city in Missouri; named for the goddess.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
A town in Zamboanga del Sur; named for Aurora Quezon.
A city in Indiana; named for the goddess.
A city in Utah; named for the aurora borealis seen in the area.
A town in Isabela.
Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
A municipality of Santa Catarina.
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Nebraska; named for the city in Illinois.
A town in Maine; named for the goddess.
The dawn.
A town in Suriname.
A city in Colorado; named for the goddess.
A city in Illinois, and suburb of Chicago; named for the goddess.
A locale in the United States.
Maewo (an island in Vanuatu).
Makatea (an island in French Polynesia).
A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
A municipality of Ceará.
A village in Cayuga County, New York.
A province of the Philippines; named for First Lady Aurora Quezon.

noun:

An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

aurora frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aurora occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics aurora can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that aurora can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;