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urania |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Urania \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Urania n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy [syn: {Urania}] 2: goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite [syn: {Venus}, {Urania}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Urania, LA (town, FIPS 77490) Location: 31.86388 N, 92.29052 W Population (1990): 782 (313 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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