Aura

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Aura most commonly refers to:

  • Aura (paranormal), a purported field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object
  • Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
  • Halo (religious iconography), glory, or aureola, a ring of light that surrounds a person in religious art
  • Halo (optical phenomenon), glory (optical phenomenon) or corona (optical phenomenon), phenomena where a ring of light surrounds an object

Aura may also refer to:

Places

Extraterrestrial

  • 1488 Aura, a main-belt asteroid

Terrestrial

  • Aura (woreda), administrative division in Ethiopia
  • Aura, Finland, a municipality in Finland
  • Aura, Michigan, a community in the United States
  • Aura, New Jersey, a community in the United States
  • Aura an der Saale, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany
  • Aura Erbil, a mixed use city center in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Aura im Sinngrund, a community in Bavaria, Germany

Rivers

  • Aura River (Finland), a river in southwestern Finland
  • Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway
  • Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany
  • Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil

Structures

  • Aura (Toronto), a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Aura Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Aura an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany

People

  • Aura (Danish singer), Danish singer Aura Dione (born 1988)
  • Aura (South African singer), South African singer Aura Lewis (1947–2015)
  • Aura K. Dunn (born 1971), American politician
  • Aura Kiiskinen (1878–1968), Finnish politician
  • Aura Mayari, American drag queen
  • Aura Rostand (1899–1957), Nicaraguan poet
  • Aura Salla (born 1984), Finnish politician
  • Aura Twarowska, Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano Aura Twarowska (born 1967)
  • Au/Ra, Spanish pop singer Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 2002)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

  • Aura (mythology), Greek goddess whose name means breeze
  • Aura the Finnish Maiden, personification of Finland
  • Aura (Seiken Densetsu), an elemental spirit in the Seiken Densetsu series
  • Princess Aura, a character from Flash Gordon
  • Aura (.hack), a character in the .hack franchise
  • Aura, a character in Tiny Furniture

Literature

  • Aura (novel), by Carlos Fuentes
  • Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai, a novel, adapted as a manga and anime film

Music

Albums

  • Aura (Asia album), a 2001 album by Asia
  • Aura (Yvonne Catterfeld album), a 2006 album by Yvonne Catterfeld
  • Aura (CMX album), a 1994 album by CMX
  • Aura (King Sunny Adé album), a 1984 album by King Sunny Adé
  • Aura (Miles Davis album), a 1989 album by Miles Davis
  • Aura (Ozuna album), a 2018 album by Ozuna
  • Aura (The Alpha Conspiracy album), a 2004 album by The Alpha Conspiracy
  • Aura (The Brave album), a 2019 album by The Brave
  • Aura (The Mission album), a 2001 album by The Mission

Songs

  • "Aura" (song), by Lady Gaga
  • "Aura", by Bruno Maderna
  • "Aura", by Ozuna
  • "Aura", by Dennis Lloyd

Other uses in music

  • Aura (band), rock band
  • Aura (Magnus Lindberg), a 1994 orchestral composition

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Aura: Fate of the Ages, a 2004 computer game
  • The Aura (film), a 2005 Argentine thriller film

Brands and enterprises

  • Aura (cell phone), manufactured by Motorola
  • Aura, a brand name of Bowers & Wilkins
  • Saturn Aura, a midsize sedan manufactured by Saturn Corporation from 2007 to 2010
  • Hyundai Aura, a subcompact sedan manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company since 2019

Science and technology

  • Aura (satellite), in the NASA Earth Observing System series
  • Aura Graphics Architecture, which handles input events and windows in ChromeOS
  • Autonomous robot architecture, a hybrid deliberative/reactive robot architecture

Other uses

  • Aura (musical instrument), invented by Johann Scheibler in 1816
  • Aura cheese, a Finnish blue mold cheese
  • Aurá language, an extinct language from Brazil

See also

  • AURA (disambiguation)
  • Aurra, a 1980s soul group
  • Auras, Uttar Pradesh, town in India
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