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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD URANIA

From Latin, from Greek Ourania, from ouranios heavenly, from ouranos heaven.
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PRONUNCIATION OF URANIA

Urania  [jʊˈreɪnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URANIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Urania is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES URANIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Urania

Urania

Urania was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne and also a great granddaughter of Uranus. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus by Apollo, and Hymenaeus also is said to have been a son of Urania. She is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. Eldest of the divine sisters, Urania inherited Zeus' majesty and power and the beauty and grace of her mother Mnemosyne.

Definition of Urania in the English dictionary

The definition of Urania in the dictionary is the Muse of astronomy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URANIA


Albania
ælˈbeɪnɪə
brainier
ˈbreɪnɪə
Campania
kæmˈpeɪnɪə
crania
ˈkreɪnɪə
endocrania
ˌendəʊˈkreɪnɪə
hemicrania
ˌhɛmɪˈkreɪnɪə
leishmania
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
Lithuania
ˌlɪθjʊˈeɪnɪə
mania
ˈmeɪnɪə
Mauritania
ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə
miscellanea
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə
Pennsylvania
ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnɪə
pericrania
ˌpɛrɪˈkreɪnɪə
Pomerania
ˌpɒməˈreɪnɪə
Rainier
ˈreɪnɪə
Romania
rəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Rumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Tasmania
tæzˈmeɪnɪə
titania
taɪˈteɪnɪə
Transylvania
ˌtrænsɪlˈveɪnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URANIA

Ural
Ural Mountains
Ural-Altaic
urali
Uralian
Uralic
uralite
uralitic
uralitisation
uralitization
uralitize
Urals
uranalyses
uranalysis
Uranian

WORDS THAT END LIKE URANIA

Araucania
Azania
bibliomania
Catania
Chania
Christiania
decalcomania
erotomania
Hania
Hispania
hypomania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
kleptomania
Lucania
Lusitania
Mauretania
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
nymphomania
Oceania
Tanzania

Synonyms and antonyms of Urania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Urania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF URANIA

Find out the translation of Urania to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Urania from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Urania» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乌拉尼亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Urania
570 millions of speakers

English

Urania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यूरेनिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أورانيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Урания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Urania
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Urania
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Urania
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Urania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Urania
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウラニア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우라 니아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urania
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Urania
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Urania
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उरानिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Urania
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Urania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Urania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Уранія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Urania
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Urania
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Urania
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Urania
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Urania
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Urania

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «URANIA»

The term «Urania» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.504 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «URANIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Urania» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Urania» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Urania

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URANIA»

Discover the use of Urania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Urania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Urania: A Romance
Presented for the first time in a critical English edition, Urania: A Romance provides modern readers with a rare glimpse into the novel and novella forms at a time when narrative genres were not only being invented but, in the hands of ...
Giulia Bigolina, 2007
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Urania
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) Urania Was That One Of The Nine Muses Who Presided Over Astronomy And Whose Celestial Glance Inspired And Directed The Chorus Of The Spheres. She Was The Angelic Idea Which Soars Above Terrestrial Dullness.
Camille Flammarion, 2011
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To Urania: Poems
Published in 1988, the year after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, this collection features pieces translated by the poet himself and others, as well as poems written originally in English.
Joseph Brodsky, 1992
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The Second Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania
Thorough indices of characters, places, and poems in Part II add value to this text. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Lady Mary Wroth, Josephine A. Roberts, Suzanne Gossett, 1999
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The Descent of Urania: Studies in Milton, 1946-1988
Milton's Urania: The Meaning, Not the Name I Call (1988) with STEVIE DAVIES The identity of the Muse invoked in Paradise Lost has given trouble to many thoughtful readers of Milton's poem. In the addresses at the opening of Books I and III, ...
William Bridges Hunter, 1989
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Cherished torment: the emotional geography of Lady Mary ...
Cherished Torment offers the first detailed account of the intellectual foundation of the first prose romance published by a woman in English: The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, written by Lady Mary Wroth, the niece of Sir Philip Sidney.
Sheila T. Cavanagh, 2001
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A Plea for Urania; being a popular sketch of celestial ...
A. PLEA. FOR. URANIA. “ He made the Suns also." vvvv-lvvvwvmwvvwvvvvv INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. IT is intended in this volume to present to the reader a general view of the principles of Astral Science, usually known by the name of ...
‎1854
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Urania-zirconium cermets
URANIA- ZIRCONIUM CERMETS by W. G. Rauch ABSTRACT A series of uranium dioxide powder compacts with the addition of zirconium as metallic binder were produced and studied in a preliminary investigation of such materials.
W. G. Rauch, Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1954
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Sibling Relations and Gender in the Early Modern World: ...
The. Politics. of. Private. Discourse: Familial. Relations. in. Lady. Mary. Wroth. 's. Urania. Sheila. T. Cavanagh. Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653) continued the literary tradition of the Sidney family, initiated by her uncle Sir Philip Sidney and ...
Naomi J. Miller, Naomi Yavneh, 2006
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Herodotus: Erato. Polymenia. Urania. Calliope
Herodotus. or are they all alike V — ' Sir,' replied Demaratus, ' the Lacedaemonians are a numerous people, and possessed of many cities ; but I will answer your question more particularly. Sparta itself contains eight thousand men, all of ...
Herodotus, 1830

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Urania is used in the context of the following news items.
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Splash Inks Deals with Hulu, Urania, Mobibase
Splash Entertainment has finalized new distribution digital deals with Hulu, Urania and Mobibase for a number of its leading animated titles, including Chloe's ... «Animation Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Urania Sternwarte
Die Sternwarte Urania im Zentrum von Zürich bekommt ein Ohr-Lifting. Zwei riesige Spitzohren wurden seitlich an der Kuppel des Gebäudes angebracht. «20 Minuten, Jul 15»
3
German Pellets doubles production capacity at its American plant in …
Jul 23, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. German Pellets completes the commissioning of the first construction phase of the American plant in Urania, Louisiana. «Lesprom Network, Jul 15»
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German Pellets doubles wood pellet production capacity in Urania, US
German Pellets completes the commissioning of the first construction phase of the American plant in Urania, Louisiana. Work on the second construction phase ... «IHB, Jul 15»
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German Pellets verdoppelt Produktionskapazität am US-Standort …
German Pellets, einer der weltweit größten Hersteller und Anbieter von Holzpellets, schließt die Inbetriebnahme für den ersten Bauabschnitt im US-Werk Urania, ... «Finanzen.net, Jul 15»
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Reggio – A Palazzo San Giorgio la visita del Comandante della …
Il Vice Sindaco Saverio ANGHELONE ha ricevuto a Palazzo San Giorgio il Comandante della Nave Urania della Marina Militare Italiana, Capitano di Fregata ... «Strill.it, Jul 15»
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New Working Families Registrar, Deputy In Hartford
HARTFORD — The city has a new Working Families registrar of voters and deputy, following the departure in late May of longtime registrar Urania Petit. «Hartford Courant, Jun 15»
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Peter Singer in der Urania
BERLIN. (hpd) Geschätzt 250 Protestierende standen am gestrigen Nachmittag vor der Urania. Drinnen im Kleistsaal sprach Peter Singer bereits mit ... «hpd.de, May 15»
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Urania zur Singer-Ehrung
Berlin (kobinet) Urania-Direktor Ulrich Bleyer hat heute die Anfrage von Ursula Lehmann zum Umgang mit der Singer-Ehrung beantwortet und eine Erklärung ... «kobinet-nachrichten, May 15»
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La Fortitudo soffre e vince con l'Urania, il suo playoff si apre sull'1-0
La Fortitudo soffre e vince con l'Urania, il suo playoff si apre sull Davide Lamma della Fortitudo Eternedile Buona la prima: la Fortitudo fa tre su tre con Milano e ... «La Repubblica, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Urania [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/urania>. Apr 2024 ».
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