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Urania¹

  • /jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/

Rhymes with -eɪniə

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

proper noun

  1. Greek The Muse of astronomy.
  2. Greek One of the epithets of Aphrodite.
  3. 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.

    Similar: 30 Urania, ㉚

urania²

Where it comes from

From Greek Οὐρανία ("Ourania", celestial), stemming from οὐρανός ("ouranus", sky), which originates from the mythological Greek deity Ouranus.

noun uranias

  1. countable, uncountable Any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides.

    Similar: yellowcake

  2. countable Any moth of genus Urania.

noun

  1. humorous, nonstandard, plural, usually plural of uranium

Translations

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name the Muse of astronomy

한국어우라니아
日本語ウーラニアー Ūraniā
PortuguêsUrânia
FrançaisUranie
ItalianoUrania
ΕλληνικάΟυρανία Ouranía
РусскийУра́ния Uránija

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Chicago

"urania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/urania.

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@misc{urania_2026,
  title = {urania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}