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Urania

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/
  • rhymes with -eɪniə

1

name

Meaning 1

The Muse of astronomy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

One of the epithets of Aphrodite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yellowcake

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any moth of genus Urania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

plural of uranium

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, plural, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Venus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Roman deity

8

noun

Meaning 8

(Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Muse

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Ուրանիա — the Muse of astronomy
  • Bulgarian: Урания (Uranija) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Danish: Urania — the Muse of astronomy
  • Finnish: Urania — the Muse of astronomy
  • French: Uranie — the Muse of astronomy
  • Georgian: ურანია (urania) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Greek: Ουρανία (Ouranía) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Ancient Greek: Οὐρανία (Ouranía) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Greenlandic: Urania — the Muse of astronomy
  • Hungarian: Uránia — the Muse of astronomy
  • Icelandic: Úranía — the Muse of astronomy
  • Inuktitut: ᐅᕌᓂᐊ (oraania) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Irish: Urania — the Muse of astronomy
  • Italian: Urania — the Muse of astronomy
  • Japanese: ウーラニアー (Ūraniā) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Korean: 우라니아 — the Muse of astronomy
  • Polish: Urania — the Muse of astronomy
  • Portuguese: Urânia — the Muse of astronomy
  • Russian: Ура́ния (Uránija) — the Muse of astronomy
  • Bulgarian: Урания (Uranija) — asteroid
  • Polish: Urania — asteroid