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

Further reading

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

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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. (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)
• Irish: Urania f
• 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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Proper noun

Urania f

1. (Greek mythology) Urania

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Japanese

Romanization

Urania

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウラニア