Aura
Appearance
Aura most commonly refers to:
- Aura (paranormal), a purported field of luminous multi-colored 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
[edit]Extraterrestrial
[edit]- 1488 Aura, a main-belt asteroid
Terrestrial
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Aura (Toronto), a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Aura Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Aura an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany
- SM Aura, a shopping mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
People
[edit]- 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
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Aura (novel), by Carlos Fuentes
- Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai, a novel, adapted as a manga and anime film
Music
[edit]Albums
[edit]- 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
[edit]- "Aura" (song), by Lady Gaga
- "Aura", by Bruno Maderna
- "Aura", by Ozuna
- "Aura", by Dennis Lloyd
Other uses in music
[edit]- Aura (band), rock band
- Aura (Magnus Lindberg), a 1994 orchestral composition
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Aura: Fate of the Ages, a 2004 computer game
- The Aura (film), a 2005 Argentine thriller film
Brands and enterprises
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- AURA (disambiguation)
- Awra (disambiguation)
- Aurra, a 1980s soul group
- Auras, Uttar Pradesh, town in India
- Awra Briguela, Filipino actor