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

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; 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

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

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

Derived terms

Uranian

Translations

the Muse of astronomy

Danish: Urania
Finnish: Urania
French: Uranie (fr) f
Greek: Ουρανία (el) f (Ouranía)
Ancient: Οὐρανία 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

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Proper noun

Urania f

(Greek mythology) Urania

Japanese

Romanization

Urania

Rōmaji transcription of ウラニア

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