Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Urania
User Submitted Origins
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User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Philippines, the name Urania means "The First One".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun U*ra"ni*a
Senses
- [Class. Myth] One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
- [Zoöl] A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
Etymology: L., from Gr. �, i. e., the Heavenly, fr. � heavenly, fr. � heaven
Other Dictionary Sources
- Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
- (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy
Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).
- (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
- (astronomy) 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.
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