Aura most commonly refers to: *

Aura (paranormal) According to spiritual beliefs, an aura or energy field is a colored emanation said to enclose a human body or any animal or object. In some esoteric positions, the aura is described as a subtle body. Psychics and holistic medicine practition ...

, a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object *

Aura (symptom) An aura is a perceptual disturbance experienced by some with epilepsy or migraine. An epileptic aura is a seizure. Epileptic and migraine auras are due to the involvement of specific areas of the brain, which are those that determine the symptom ...

, a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure Aura may also refer to:

Places

Extraterrestrial

1488 Aura __NOTOC__ Year 1488 ( MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 8 – The Royal Netherlands Navy is formed, by the decree of Maximillian of Austria. * February 3 ...

, a main-belt asteroid

Terrestrial

* Aura (woreda), administrative division in Ethiopia *

Aura, Finland Aura () is a municipality of Finland. The name derives from the river Aura and the plough (aura in Finnish) reminiscent shape of the municipality. The municipality was established in 1917 from parts of Lieto and Pöytyä. It is part of the Var ...

, 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 Aura an der Saale is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany. Geography Aura lies on the left bank of the Franconian Saale in Franconia about 7 km from the district capital of Bad Kissingen. It is the smal ...

, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany * Aura Erbil, a mixed use city center in Iraqi Kurdistan * Aura im Sinngrund, a community in Bavaria, Germany

Rivers

Aura River (Finland) The Aura River ( Finnish ''Aurajoki''; Swedish ''Aura å'') is a river in south-western Finland. Its sources are in Oripää, and it flows through Pöytyä, Aura and Lieto before discharging into the Archipelago Sea in the middle of the city ...

, a river in southwestern Finland * Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway *

Aura (Sinn) The Aura is a tributary of the Sinn River in Bavaria, Germany. Name The name Aura originates from the Old High German ''Uraha''. The word ''ur'' meant Aurochs, and the word ''aha'' meant stream,Wolf-Armin Reitzenstein:''Lexikon bayerischer Ortsn ...

, a river in Bavaria, Germany * Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil

Structures

Aura (Toronto) Aura is a mixed-use skyscraper completed in 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the final phase of a series of condominium buildings near College Park in Toronto's Downtown Yonge district. It is part of the Residences of College Park projec ...

, a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *

Aura Abbey Aura Abbey (Kloster or Abtei Aura) was a house of the Benedictine Order located at Aura an der Saale in Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg. History Built on the site of an earlier castle, and dedicated to Saints Laurence and Gregory, it was f ...

, Benedictine monastery at Aura an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany

People

* Aura (Danish singer), Danish singer Aura Dione (born 1988) *

Aura (South African singer) Aura Msimang (Aura Lewis) (4 March 1947– 28 December 2015), born Aurelia Msimang, was a South African singer who worked with Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff and recorded an album with Lee "Scratch" Perry in the late 1970s. Early life and career Sh ...

, South African singer Aura Lewis (1947–2015) * Aura K. Dunn, American politician * Aura Kiiskinen (1878—1968), Finnish politician * Aura Mayari, American drag queen *

Aura Twarowska Aura Twarowska (born 21 November 1967 as Aurora Eleonora Avram in Lugoj, Romania) is a Romanian mezzo-soprano. She was soloist of the Romanian Opera in Timișoara (1997–2010) and at the Vienna State Opera (2007–2016). Biography Twarow ...

, Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano Aura Twarowska (born 1967) *

Au/Ra Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 15 May 2002), known by her stage name Au/Ra, is an Antiguan-German singer-songwriter. Stenzel released her first single "Concrete Jungle" in 2016, which quickly gained 15 million streams worldwide. She rose to prominenc ...

, Spanish pop singer Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 2002)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Aura (.hack), a character in the ''.hack'' franchise *

Aura (mythology) In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura ( grc-gre, Αὔρα, Aúra, breeze , or Αὔρη ) is a minor deity, whose name means "breeze". The plural form, Aurae ( grc-gre, Αὔραι) is sometimes found. According to Nonnus, Aura was the daughter of t ...

, Greek goddess whose name means breeze *

Aura (Seiken Densetsu) The ''Mana'' series, known in Japan as , is a high fantasy action role-playing game series created by Koichi Ishii, with development formerly from Square, and is currently owned by Square Enix. The series began in 1991 as ''Final Fantasy Adventu ...

, an elemental spirit in the ''Seiken Densetsu'' series *

Aura the Finnish Maiden The Maiden of Finland ( fi, Suomi-neito, sv, Finlands mö) is the national personification of Finland. Personification She is a barefoot young woman in her mid-twenties with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a blue and white national costume or ...

, personification of Finland *

Princess Aura Princess Aura is a fictional character in the Flash Gordon comic strips and serials. She has been portrayed by various actresses in the many ''Flash Gordon'' adaptations in film and television. Character overview Aura is the daughter of the ser ...

, a character from ''Flash Gordon'' * Aura, a character in ''

Tiny Furniture ''Tiny Furniture'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Lena Dunham. The film premiered at South by Southwest, where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature, screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Festiv ...

Literature

* ''Aura'' (novel), by Carlos Fuentes * '' Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai'', a novel, adapted as a manga and anime film

Music

Albums

* ''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'' (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

* "Aura" (song), by Lady Gaga * "Aura", by

Bruno Maderna Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s thr ...

* "Aura", by

Ozuna Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado (; born March 13, 1992), known simply by his surname Ozuna, is a Puerto Rican singer. Five of his studio albums have topped the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, with ''Aura'' (2018) charting at number seven on ...

* "Aura", by

Dennis Lloyd Nir Tibor ( he, ניר טיבור; born 18 June 1993), known professionally by his stage name Dennis Lloyd, is an Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his 2016 hit single " Neverm ...

Other uses in music

* Aura (band), rock band * ''Aura'' (Magnus Lindberg), a 1994 orchestral composition

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* '' Aura: Fate of the Ages'', a 2004 computer game * ''The Aura'' (film), a 2005 Argentine thriller film

Brands and enterprises

* Aura (cell phone), manufactured by Motorola * Aura, a brand name of

Bowers & Wilkins Bowers & Wilkins, commonly known as B&W, is a British company that produces consumer and professional loudspeakers and headphones. B&W was founded in 1966 by John Bowers in Worthing, West Sussex, England. In October 2020, B&W was acquired b ...

Saturn Aura The Saturn Aura is a four-door, five-passenger front engine/front-wheel drive mid-sized sedan manufactured and marketed by GM's Saturn subsidiary over a single generation from 2006–2009. The car launched one year before the seventh generation ...

, 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

Aura (satellite) Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Ter ...

, in the NASA Earth Observing System series * Aura Graphics Architecture, which handles input events and windows in

ChromeOS ChromeOS, sometimes stylized as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is a Linux-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the open-source ChromiumOS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interfac ...

Autonomous robot architecture The Autonomous Robot Architecture (AuRA) is a hybrid deliberative/reactive robot architecture developed by American roboticist and roboethicist Ronald C. Arkin at the Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly ...

, a hybrid deliberative/reactive robot architecture

Other uses

* Aura (musical instrument), invented by Johann Scheibler in 1816 * Aura cheese, a Finnish blue mold cheese *

Aurá language Aurá is an extinct language, presumably part of the Tupi language family, last spoken by two individuals in Maranhão, Brazil. Both known speakers originally came from Pará. The language primarily used nouns A noun () is a word that genera ...

, an extinct language from Brazil