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Definition of URANIA

Urania
Urania U*ra"ni*a, n. [L., from Gr. ?, i. e., the Heavenly, fr. ? heavenly, fr. ? heaven.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.

Meaning of URANIA from wikipedia

- Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and comp****. The muse Urania is sometimes confused with Aphrodite Urania...
- Look up Urania, urania, or Uránia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Urania is a muse in Gr**** mythology. Urania may also refer to: Urania, daughter...
- Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Gr****: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Gr**** goddess Aphrodite...
- Several vessels have been named Urania for Urania, the Gr**** muse of astronomy. Urania (1800 ship) was launched in 1795 in Spain and taken in prize. Starting...
- Clio, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Terpsic****, Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, and Urania. In modern figurative usage, a muse is a person who serves as someone's...
- Urania is a town in La Salle Parish, Louisiana United States. The po****tion was 1,313 at the 2010 census. The late state Representative Thomas "Bud" Brady...
- Urania is a genus of colorful, dayflying moths in the family Uraniidae, native to warmer parts of the Americas. Their larvae feed on Omphalea. The genus...
- Urania Cove (Bulgarian: залив Урания, romanized: zaliv Uraniya, IPA: [ˈzalif uˈranijɐ]) is the 1.6 km wide cove indenting for 1.35 km the west coast of...
- Urania slo****, or Sloane's urania, was a species of moth of the family Uraniidae endemic to Jamaica. It was last reported in 1894 or 1895, but possibly...
- mythology, Urania (/jʊəˈreɪniə/ yoor-AY-nee-ə; Ancient Gr****: Οὐρανία or Οὐρανίη Ouranía means 'heavenly') may refer to the following divinities: Urania, the...