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 — the uranine moths.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• For the numerous species see Urania on Wikispecies. Wikispecies

External links

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

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English

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία ‎(Ouranía).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Urania

1. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
2. (astronomy) Short for 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

the Muse of astronomy

• Danish: Urania
• Finnish: Urania
• French: Uranie (fr) f
• Greek: Ουρανία (el) f ‎(Ouranía)
• Greenlandic: Urania

• Hungarian: Uránia (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᐅᕌᓂᐊ ‎(uraania)
• Polish: Urania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Urânia (pt) f
• Russian: Ура́ния (ru) f ‎(Uránija)

See also

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

Anagrams

• anuria, aurian

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία ‎(Ouranía).

Proper noun

Urania f

1. (Greek mythology) Urania