| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Aurora |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Au·ro·ra |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -rôr , -r r |
| 1. A city of north-central Colorado, a residential suburb of Denver. Population: 222,103. 2. A city of northeast Illinois on the Fox River west of Chicago. It is an industrial center and was one of the first U.S. cities to use electricity for street lighting. Population: 99,581.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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