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# aurora

noun (an aurora, auroras or aurorae); proper noun (Aurora — a name; Roman goddess of dawn)

«aurora» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An aurora is a display of moving, coloured light (often green, pink or purple) in the night sky near the North or South Pole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#m1)
2. The aurora borealis (northern lights) is seen in the north; the aurora australis (southern lights) in the south. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#m2)
3. Aurora is a girl's name (a name), the Roman goddess of the dawn, and the name of Sleeping Beauty in the Disney film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons auroras happen when tiny charged particles from the Sun hit gases high in Earth's atmosphere and make them glow; Earth's magnetic field steers the particles towards the poles. People travel to Norway, Iceland, Canada, Scotland, Tasmania and New Zealand to see them. Phrases: aurora borealis, aurora australis, northern lights.

### Examples

- We watched the green aurora dance across the sky in Norway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x1)
- The aurora borealis is also called the northern lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x2)
- In Tasmania you can sometimes see the aurora australis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x3)
- An aurora happens when particles from the Sun hit our atmosphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x4)
- Last night the aurora was visible even in Scotland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x5)
- Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x6)
- Princess Aurora is the heroine of «Sleeping Beauty». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x7)
- She stood on the balcony and shone as the Aurora Borealis shines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x8)

### Note

Plural auroras or aurorae. Pronounced uh-ROAR-uh. Auroras are best seen on dark, clear nights, far from city lights.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aurora» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aurora» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aurora.html) on Mova free.