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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

aurora.

THE SHORT MEANING

Dawn; the beginning of a day.

Light & space

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil[aʊ̯ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ]Brazil/awˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. dawn; daybreak

    feminine
  2. Orient

    feminine · poetic
  3. clipping of aurora boreal

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.