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Umbriel

American  
[uhm-bree-el] / ˈʌm briˌɛl /

noun

Astronomy.
  1. a moon of the planet Uranus.


Umbriel British  
/ ˈʌmbrɪəl /

noun

  1. one of the main satellites of Uranus

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Only Umbriel, 740 miles in diameter and covered with overlapping meteorite craters but with few other features, seems to have been largely unaffected by Uranian gravity--for reasons scientists cannot explain.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fine, they each seemed saturate with the spirit of the Gnome king, Umbriel, in the drama, when he ——‘stalked abroad Urging the wolf to tear the buffalo.’

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Triumphant Umbriel on a sconce's height Clapp'd his glad wings, and sat to view the fight; Propp'd on their bodkin spears, the sprites survey The growing combat, or assist the fray.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George

She carried gold and precious stones—and more important yet, women being furloughed home after forced labor in the mines of Soviet Umbriel.

From The Peacemaker by Coppel, Alfred

Ariel must be brighter than Umbriel, because I have never seen the latter unless it was farther from the planet than the former at its maximum distance….

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various