noun
- The first light of day.
- usage: "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
- synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
- An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force.
- Roman mythology. ( goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos).
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