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Aurelian

American  
[aw-ree-lee-uhn, aw-reel-yuhn] / ɔˈri li ən, ɔˈril yən /

noun

  1. Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, a.d. 212?–275, Roman emperor 270–275.


Aurelian British  
/ ɔːˈriːlɪən /

noun

  1. Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad , Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire

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Aurelian is a Seattle-based startup that uses generative AI to automate responses to nonemergency calls to 911 centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The city remained under Roman control, since Aurelian had left behind a military garrison whose soldiers formed a major part of the city’s population.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Sponsian, they think, was induced to take the title in order to protect the region during the chaos, before it was ultimately evacuated in the early 270s by the Emperor Aurelian.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2022

Inside the city’s Aurelian walls, dating to the 3rd century A.D., are other hills — the Vatican, Pincian and Janiculum — sporting expansive parks.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

Everyone, that is, except Laure Aurelian, a microbiologist who was Gey’s colleague at Hopkins.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot