Urania

See also: urania, Uránia, and Urânia

Translingual

Urania spp. (in the four corners)

Etymology

After Urania (“muse of astronomy”), conventionally shown dressed in a cloak embroidered with stars.

Proper noun

Urania f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Uraniidae – uranine moths.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Uranoiidea – superfamily; Uraniidae – family; Uraniinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Urania leilus - type species; for other species see Urania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Uraniinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Urania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Urania on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Urania

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

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 30 Urania, ㉚

Derived terms

• Uranian

Translations

the Muse of astronomy

• Armenian: Ուրանիա (hy) (Urania)
• Danish: Urania
• Finnish: Urania
• French: Uranie (fr) f
• Georgian: ურანია (urania)
• Greek: Ουρανία (el) f (Ouranía)

  Ancient: Οὐρανία f (Ouranía)

• Greenlandic: Urania
• Hungarian: Uránia (hu)
• Icelandic: Úranía f
• Inuktitut: ᐅᕌᓂᐊ (oraania)
• Irish: Urania f
• Italian: Urania (it) f
• Polish: Urania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Urânia (pt) f
• Russian: Ура́ния (ru) f (Uránija)

Asteroid

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

Anagrams

• anuria, aurian

Italian

Alternative forms

• Uranie

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈra.nja/
• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: U‧rà‧nia

Proper noun

Urania f

1. (Greek mythology) Urania

Anagrams

• anuria, raunai

Japanese

Romanization

Urania

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウラニア

Turkish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Proper noun

Urania

1. (Greek mythology) Urania