About The Word Urania
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Urania
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What's The Definition Of Urania?
[n] goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
[n] (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy Synonyms | Synonyms for Urania: Venus Related Terms | Find terms related to Urania: See Also | Muse | Roman deity Urania In Webster's Dictionary \U*ra"ni*a\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, i. e., the Heavenly, fr.
? heavenly, fr. ? heaven.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by
Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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