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