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urania

/jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/

urania noun: any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides. Also the plural of uranium.

Noun

urania (countable and uncountable, plural uranias)

  1. Any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides.
    Synonyms:
    yellowcake
  2. (countable) Any moth of genus Urania.

Proper noun capitalized: Urania

Urania

  1. (Greek) The Muse of astronomy.
  2. (Greek) One of the epithets of Aphrodite.
  3. 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.
    Synonyms:
    30 Urania, ㉚

Also used as

urania is also the plural of uranium.

Synonyms of urania

Forms of urania

pluraluranias

Origin of urania

From Greek Οὐρανία ("Ourania", celestial), stemming from οὐρανός ("ouranus", sky), which originates from the mythological Greek deity Ouranus.

From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).

Words formed from urania

Words that rhyme with urania

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Questions about urania

What does urania mean?
Urania means any of several impure mixtures of uranium oxides.
What part of speech is urania?
Urania can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce urania?
Urania is pronounced /jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/.
What is the plural of urania?
The plural of urania is uranias.

Words near urania in the dictionary

  1. urancalcarite
  2. Uranga
  3. Urangas
  4. Urangeline
  5. Urangeline East
  6. urania
  7. uranian
  8. Uranians
  9. uranias
  10. uranic
  11. Uranicentric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: urania (page history and authors); Urania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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