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Word: Aurora
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (originally in aurora (sense 2)): from Latin, ‘dawn, goddess of the dawn’. aurora (sense 1) dates from the early 18th century: borealis is from Latin borealis ‘northern’, based on Greek Boreas, the god of the north wind; australis is from Latin australis ‘southern’, from Auster ‘the south, the south wind’
ɔːˈrɔːrə
a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole. The effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere. In northern and southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or Northern Lights and aurora australis or Southern Lights
Short Definition:natural electrical phenomenon characterized by appearance of streamers of light in sky
Examples:- he grabbed one of the station's cameras to capture a photo of the aurora
- there's a chance to see the aurora tonight, more so in the north
the dawn.
Short Definition:dawn
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