There are two auroras in astronomy: the aurora borealis or northern lights and the aurora australis or southern lights. The Latin edition of wikipedia gives a much shorter explanation.
aurora, - ae (f) dawn, morning; goddess of dawn; the East
auster, -ri (m) south wind, south
australis adj southern
Boreas, - aw (m) north wind, north
occidens, occidentis (m) west
oriens, orrientis (m) east
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