The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Alternate spelling of “Auralia”; feminine form of “Aurelius“, from the Latin for “golden”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Aura, Auralee, Auralia, Auralie, Aurelie, Ora, Oralee, Oralia, Oralie, Orelia, Orelie, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Aurelia S. Larsen, the Rev. Larsen’s wife, who writes devotional poetry,  in The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (written in 1915 and set in the 1890s).

Tagged: 1890s, 1910s, A, Italian, Latin, Polish, Romanian

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• Auralia | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  November 15, 2014 at 2:30 am

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