Circle of stars all EU leaders as the official emblem of the European Communities, and in 1993 inherited by the successor organisation, the European Union. All European institutions now use an emblem of their own. The Zodiac is an ancient "circle of stars" where some stars are symbolically combined into 12 Star signs also known as constellations. The etymology of the term Zodiac comes from the Latin zōdiacus, from the Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος], meaning "[circle] of animals", derived from ζῴδιον, the diminutive of ζῷον "animal". The Crown of Immortality is a separate and earlier motif (and metaphor) which also uses a circle of
Ayla (name) or "large". "Aaliyah" is actually the female form of "Aali" and is an unrelated name. The Turkish variant of "Aaliyah" is closer to "Aliye" not "Alya." Ayla can be seen to bear similarities in phonetics to the word "aura". "Aura" has its etymological roots in Greek. The Greek words "aer"—meaning "mist" or "air"—and "aura"—meaning "breeze" or "breath"—came to be connected to the concept of the east wind and dawn radiance. Ayla (name) Ayla is a common feminine given name in Turkish. In that language, it means "halo of light around the moon". Less commonly, it is also encountered in other