Dawn
Dawn noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Shine
Shine noun - Brightness created by light reflected from a surface.
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- Unusual example in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which features a faded star being made to age backwards until it is once more young again to shine.
Source: Solar CPR - Lightning Dawn and Starla Shine from My Little Unicorn, who fall in love immediately for no reason besides that the main character needs a love interest.
Source: Strangled by the Red String -
The town's name is both a Punny Name and an example of Fun with Acronyms : "Svit" can mean "Shine, Glare" or (to an extent) even "Dawn" in both Czech and Slovak.
Source: Premiseville
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