Albruna form. He similarly points to the celtic origin of the name Veleda and to Nedoma's criticism of Schramm. Schuhmann himself sees in Aurinia a mixed Celtic-Latin form consisting of the Latin prefix "aurum", borrowed from Celtic as in "aurum" for "gold" and the genuinely Celtic suffix "-inios", "-inia". He refers, among other things, to a male form of "Auriniacus". According to him, therefore, Aurinia had the original meaning "Goldine". An older attempt at an etymology is that of Gilbert Trathnigg cited by Helmut Birkhan. Trathnigg, who calls Aurinia the correct form, associates the name with the Old English "éar" (wave,
Aurum, Nevada Aurum, Nevada Aurum is a ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Originally known as "Silver Canyon", after the nearby geographical feature, Aurum was founded as a mining community in 1878. When a post office opened on April 4, 1881, the community received its present name, Aurum. Aurum had two neighborhoods, defined by differing elevation. In the higher sections of the community, boarding houses accommodated miners working in the local area. Areas of the community with lower elevation contained mainly private residences, commercial businesses, and the post office. The higher-elevation neighborhood where the miners resided was referred to