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Definition of 'Urania'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Urania
the Muse of astronomy.

Definition of 'Urania'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Urania
(Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy

2. (noun) Venus, Urania
goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

Definition of 'Urania'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Urania
one of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy

2. (noun) Urania
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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Urania
the muse of astronomy, is represented with a globe in her hand, to which she points with a small rod.

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