Urania
/jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides.
- 2 Any moth of genus Urania.
Proper Noun
- 1 The Muse of astronomy. Greek
- 2 One of the epithets of Aphrodite. Greek
- 3 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.
Antonyms
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More examples"Brahe built a castle on the island and named it Uraniborg after Urania, the goddess of the sky. He also built an observatory on the island."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).