Aurelia

Aurelia is a feminine given name from the Latin family name Aurelius, which was derived from aureus meaning "golden". The name began from minor early saints but was given as a name due to its meaning, and not from where it originated. Aurelia may refer to:

People

Ancient

• A woman of the gens Aurelia of ancient Rome
• Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla, second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
• Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar
• Aurelia of Lebanon, guardian of the Cedar Mountains in Lebanon around 17 B.C.
• Aurelia of Strasbourg, saint

Modern

• Aurélia de Souza, Portuguese painter
• Aurelia Dobre, gymnast from Romania
• Aurelia Pentón, Cuban track and field athlete
• Aurelia Plath, mother of American poet Sylvia Plath
• Aurelia Tizón, first wife of Argentine president Juan Perón
• Aurelia Trywianska, Polish hurdler

Science

• Aurelia (genus), genus of jellyfish in the Ulmaridae family
  • Aurelia aurita, also known as the moon jelly
  • Aurelia labiata, another species known as the moon jelly
• Aurelia, synonym for chrysalis
• Aurelia (crater), crater on Venus
• 419 Aurelia, asteroid
• Aurelia and Blue Moon, hypothetical Earth-sized planet orbiting a red dwarf star
• P. Aurelia, paramecium

Places

• Aurelia, Iowa, a small city in the United States
• Via Aurelia, a road, dating back to the Roman Empire, from Rome northwestwards along the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ligurian Sea
• Orillia, a city in Ontario, Canada which may have been originally spelled "Aurelia".

Other

• The Lancia Aurelia, an automobile
• Aurelia, a hymn tune for The Church's One Foundation by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
• The USS Aurelia (AKA-23), a ship in the US Navy
• The Federal Republic of Aurelia, a fictional country in Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
• Aurélia (1855), by Gérard de Nerval
• Sub-sector Aurelia, where Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II takes place.
• The title character of Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot
• The MS Aurelia, an ocean liner launched in 1938
• Aurelia: A Crow Creek Trilogy; tells about a relationship to the Missouri River, the novel also has a lot of History involved but is fiction
• Aurelia: is a mystery/romance novel telling about how a King's son overthrows him to protect the Princess Aurelia from his father's spy
• Aurelia (Brooks) Harlan: author of Owen Meredith; a critical biography of Robert, first earl of Lytton

See also

• Auris (disambiguation)
• Aurum (disambiguation)
• Aura (disambiguation)