Aurelia
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Aurelia, originally meaning "golden" in Latin, can refer to any of the following:
[edit] A feminine Roman given name (from the Aurelian gens)
For example:
- Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar.
- Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla, second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
- Aurelia Plath, mother of American poet Sylvia Plath
- Aurelia Dobre , gymnast from Romania
- Aurelia Tizón, first wife of Argentine president Juan Perón
- Aurélia de Souza, Portuguese painter
- Aurelia Trywianska, Polish hurdler.
- Aurelia Dichalha Dolce, fictional character in Namco's Soul Series of fighting games.
[edit] Science
- Aurelia is a genus of jellyfishes in the Ulmaridae family. Aurelia aurita, also known as moon jelly, is one of the species in this genus.
- Aurelia is a synonym for chrysalis.
- Aurelia (crater) is a crater on Venus.
- 419 Aurelia is an asteroid.
- Aurelia is a hypothetical Earth-sized planet orbiting a red dwarf star.
[edit] Other
- Aurelia is a city in Iowa.
- Via Aurelia is a road, dating back to the Roman Empire, from Rome northwestwards along the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ligurian Sea.
- The Lancia Aurelia is an automobile.
- Aurelia is the name of a hymn tune by Samuel Sebastian Wesley.
- The USS Aurelia was a ship in the US Navy.
- Aurelia (or Aurélia, in Portuguese) is the first brazilian gay dictionary, written by Angelo Vip and Fred Libi, published by Editora do Bispo (São Paulo), and released on May, 2006.
- Aurélie 1855 book by Gérard de Nerval
- The Federal Republic of Aurelia is a fictional country in Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
