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# aurora

«aurora» in Mova's school dictionary: **a display of moving, coloured light (often green, pink or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x1)
- The aurora borealis is also called the northern lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x2)
- In Tasmania you can sometimes see the aurora australis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x3)
- An aurora happens when particles from the Sun hit our atmosphere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x4)
- Last night the aurora was visible even in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x5)
- Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/#x6)
- Princess Aurora is the heroine of «Sleeping Beauty». [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in the Solar System, glowing at its poles in ultraviolet light.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/10-jupiter/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aurora» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aurora/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.