Urania Definition

yo͝o-rānē-ə, -rānyə
noun
Uranium dioxide.
American Heritage
The Muse of astronomy.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

(Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.

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Other Word Forms of Urania

Noun

Singular:
urania
Plural:
uranias

Origin of Urania

  • Latin U̯rania from Greek Ouraniā from ouranos heaven

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin ūrania from uranium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ourania).

    From Wiktionary

Urania Sentence Examples

  • Her star was the planet Venus, and classical writers give her the epithet Caelestis and Urania.

  • The Orpheus (1790) was the special work of Kazinczy, and the Urania (1794) of 'Carman and of Pajor.

  • From her universal accomplishments she was called the "Silesian Pallas," and the publication of her work, Urania propitia (Oels, 1650), a simplification of the Rudolphine Tables, gained her a European reputation.

  • He maintained that Pest, not Pressburg, should be the literary centre of Hungary, and in 1794 founded the first Hungarian quarterly, Urania, but it met with little support and ceased to exist in 1795, after three volumes had appeared.

  • The most important contribution to Urania was his sentimental novel, Fanni Hagyomanai, much in the style of La nouvelle Héloise and Werther, the most exquisite product of Hungarian prose in the 18th century and one of the finest psychological romances in the literature.

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Words Starting With

UURURA

Words Ending With

AIANIA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With U6 Letter Words Ending With A