urania

[ yoo-rey-nee-uh, -reyn-yuh ]
/ yʊˈreɪ ni ə, -ˈreɪn yə /

noun Chemistry.

uranium dioxide.

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of urania

urani(um) + -a4

Words nearby urania

urals, uralsk, uran, uran-, uranalysis, urania, uranian, uranic, uranic oxide, uranide, uraninite

Definition for urania (2 of 2)

Urania
[ yoo-rey-nee-uh, -reyn-yuh ]
/ yʊˈreɪ ni ə, -ˈreɪn yə /

noun

Classical Mythology. the Muse of astronomy.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for urania

British Dictionary definitions for urania

Urania
/ (jʊˈreɪnɪə) /

noun Greek myth

the Muse of astronomy
another name of Aphrodite

Word Origin for Urania

C17: from Latin, from Greek Ourania, from ouranios heavenly, from ouranos heaven
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012