Urania

¹ American  

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

noun

1. Classical Mythology. the Muse of astronomy.

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urania ² American  

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

noun

Chemistry.

1. uranium dioxide.

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Urania British  

/ jʊˈreɪnɪə /

noun

1. the Muse of astronomy

2. another name of Aphrodite

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Etymology

Origin of urania

urani(um) + -a ⁴

Example Sentences

Perhaps because the typical group of typewriter buyers overlaps with the far larger community of militariana collectors, typewriters with the “special key” usually command a premium, making them far more expensive than run-of-the-mill German machines, like Willy’s Tríumph or that Urania from Bel Air.

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This particular Urania, for example, was built in Dresden, and was sold at a shop on Ferdinandstraße in central Hamburg in 1939.

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“It’s a Urania Klein,” my friend said, as he lifted the shapely antique typewriter from his car trunk.

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You don’t have to be a connoisseur of antique office machinery to identify the Urania as a Nazi-era typewriter; it has that particular aesthetic.

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For me, the histories of Willie Müller or that Urania from Bel Air are more interesting than a special-keyed typewriter displayed behind glass, with no human context.

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