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urania
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun urania has 2 senses
- urania(n = noun.person) Array - (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy; Array is a kind of muse
- urania(n = noun.person) venus - goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite; Array is a kind of roman deity
CIDE DICTIONARY
urania, n. [L., from Gr. , i. e., the Heavenly, fr. heavenly, fr. heaven.].
- One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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