RORA
Rora may refer to: * Rora (name) *Rora, a village administered by the city of Sighișoara, Mureș County, Romania *Rora, Aberdeenshire, a rural settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland *Rora, a diminutive of the Russian feminine first name Avrora (a form of Aurora) * Rorà, a municipality in Piedmont, Italy * Røra, a village in Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway *RORA, RAR-related orphan receptor alpha RAR-related orphan receptor alpha (RORα), also known as NR1F1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group F, member 1) is a nuclear receptor that in humans is encoded by the ''RORA'' gene. RORα participates in the transcriptional regulation of some g ...

Aurora (given Name)
Aurora is a feminine given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn Aurora.Petrovsky, p. 36 Her tears were said to turn into the morning dew. Each morning she traveled in her chariot across the sky from east to west, proclaiming renewal with the rising of the sun. The Romans also associated the Northern Lights, or the Aurora borealis, with the goddess. Aurora is also traditionally the name of the princess in the fairy tale ''Sleeping Beauty'' and the many works of art it has inspired. The tale of a cursed princess who slept for one hundred years and was awakenened by the kiss of a prince might be considered a modern retelling of the ancient story of Aurora the dawn goddess, whose myths also include stories of a long sleep and an awakening at dawn. It was not in use in the Middle Ages but came into general use in Europe in the 17th century in Sweden, Spain and the Spanish-speaking world and Italy. It was used in the English-speaking world by the 18th ...
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