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 practitio ...

, a purported field of luminous multi-colored 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 actually a minor seizure. Epileptic and migraine auras are due to the involvement of specific areas of the brain, which are those that determ ...

, a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure *

Halo (religious iconography) A halo (), also called a nimbus, aureola, aureole, glory or gloriole (), is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many religions to indicate holy or sacred ...

, glory, or

aureola An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin ''aurea'', "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In Romance languages, the noun Aureola is usually more related to the d ...

, a ring of light that surrounds a person in religious art *

Halo (optical phenomenon) A halo () is an optical phenomenon produced by light (typically from the Sun or Moon) interacting with ice crystals suspended in Earth's atmosphere, the atmosphere. Halos can have many forms, ranging from colored or white rings to arcs and spo ...

glory (optical phenomenon) A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo (religious iconography), halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water drop (liquid), droplets tha ...

corona (optical phenomenon) In meteorology, a corona (plural ''coronae'') is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of sunlight or moonlight (or, occasionally, bright starlight or planetlight) by individual small water droplets and sometimes tiny ice crysta ...

, phenomena where a ring of light surrounds an object Aura may also refer to:

Places

Extraterrestrial

* 1488 Aura, 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 V ...

, 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, 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. It originates in Oripää, and it flows through Pöytyä, Aura, Lieto, and ultimately the city of Turku before discharging into the Archipelago S ...

, 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 O ...

, 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 proje ...

, a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Aura Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Aura an der Saale, Bavaria, Germany *

SM Aura SM Aura (; formerly SM Aura Premier), is a large upscale shopping mall located at 26th Street corner McKinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City, Barangay Fort Bonifacio (barangay), Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines, owned by SM Prime, SM Prime Ho ...

, a shopping mall in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

People

Aura (Danish singer) Maria Louise Joensen (; born 21 January 1985), known as Aura Dione, is a Danish singer and songwriter. In 2008, she released her debut album, ''Columbine (album), Columbine''. The album spawned the hit single "I Will Love You Monday (365)", which ...

, 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 S ...

, South African singer Aura Lewis (1947–2015) * Aura K. Dunn (born 1971), American politician *

Aura Kiiskinen Auroora Maria ('Aura') Kiiskinen (March 9, 1878 – December 12, 1968) was a Finnish politician and member of parliament. She was first elected from the Kuopio West electoral district (now Northern Savonia) in the 1908 election, serving until 1 ...

(1878–1968), Finnish politician *

Aura Mayari Aura Mayari is the stage name of Jay-R de Leon, a Filipino Americans, Filipino-American drag performer most known for competing on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 15), fifteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Jay-R de Leon was born a ...

, American drag queen *

Aura Rostand Aura Rostand was the pen name for Nicaraguan poet Maria de la Selva (1899–1957). She was the sister of poet Salomón de la Selva and artist Roberto de la Selva. Rostand, a trained teacher, published her first poem aged eighteen. She travelle ...

(1899–1957), Nicaraguan poet *

Aura Salla Aura Salla (born 13 June 1984) is a Finnish politician and a Member of the European Parliament. Early life Salla obtained a master's degree in political science from the University of Turku in 2011, followed by a PhD in 2021; the title of her t ...

(born 1984), Finnish politician *

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 professionally as Au/Ra, is a German singer and songwriter. She released her first single "Concrete Jungle" in 2016, which quickly gained 15 million streams worldwide. She rose to prominence in 2018 wi ...

, Spanish pop singer Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 2002)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Aura (mythology) In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura ( , or Αὔρη ) is a minor wind goddess, whose name means "breeze". The plural form, Aurae () is sometimes found to describe a group of breeze nymphs. According to the late antiquity writer Nonnus, Aura is ...

, Greek goddess whose name means breeze * Aura the Finnish Maiden, personification of Finland * Aura (Seiken Densetsu), an elemental spirit in the ''Seiken Densetsu'' series *

Princess Aura Princess Aura is a fictional character in the ''Flash Gordon'' comic strips and serials. She is the selfish daughter of Ming the Merciless, the evil ruler of the planet Mongo and Emperor of the Universe. First appearing in the original 1934 ' ...

, a character from ''Flash Gordon'' * Aura (.hack), a character in the ''.hack'' franchise * Aura, a character in '' Tiny Furniture''

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'' (King Sunny Adé album), a 1984 album by King Sunny Adé * ''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 (born Bruno Grossato, 21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian composer, conductor and academic teacher. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina M ...

* "Aura", by

Ozuna Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado (; born March 13, 1992), known simply by his surname Ozuna, is a Puerto Rican singer, born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. Five of his studio albums have topped ...

* "Aura", by Dennis Lloyd

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. The company was founded in 1966 in Worthing, West Sussex, England. In October 2020, it was acquired by Sound U ...

* Saturn Aura, 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 Terra ...

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

ChromeOS ChromeOS, sometimes styled as chromeOS and formerly styled as Chrome OS, is an operating system designed and developed by Google. It is derived from the open-source operating system and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user ...

* Autonomous robot architecture, 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, an extinct language from Brazil * Aura, a concept in ''

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'' by Walter Benjamin