Aura Explained

Aura most commonly refers to:

• Aura (paranormal), a purported field of luminous multi-colored radiation around a person or object
• Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
• Halo (religious iconography), glory, or aureola, a ring of light that surrounds a person in religious art
• Halo (optical phenomenon), glory (optical phenomenon) or corona (optical phenomenon), 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, 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), a river in southwestern Finland
• Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway
• Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany
• Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil

Structures

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

People

• Aura (Danish singer), Danish singer Aura Dione (born 1988)
• Aura (South African singer), South African singer Aura Lewis (1947–2015)
• Aura K. Dunn (born 1971), American politician
• Aura Kiiskinen (1878–1968), Finnish politician
• Aura Mayari, American drag queen
• Aura Rostand (1899–1957), Nicaraguan poet
• Aura Salla (born 1984), Finnish politician
• Aura Twarowska, Romanian operatic mezzo-soprano Aura Twarowska (born 1967)
• Au/Ra, Spanish pop singer Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 2002)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Aura (mythology), 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, 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
• , 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
• "Aura", by Ozuna
• "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

• , 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
• 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), in the NASA Earth Observing System series

• Aura Graphics Architecture, which handles input events and windows in ChromeOS
• 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

See also

• AURA (disambiguation)
• Aurra, a 1980s soul group
• Auras, Uttar Pradesh, town in India