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Aurora

goddess of dawn

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Rippling green and violet curtains of auroral light hang above a sparse, snow-covered polar landscape beneath a starry night sky.
noun

aurora

uh-ROR-uh/ɝˈɔrʌ/

A natural display of colored light in the sky near Earth's polar regions.

Etymology
auroraLatingoddess of dawn

Aurora names the Roman goddess of dawn, and English aurora originally meant “morning light” or “dawn.” The selected sense applies this dawn-associated name to the polar light display.

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