Found 4 hits - Term: urania, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
urania \ura"nia\, n. l., from gr. ?, i. e., the heavenly, fr.
? heavenly, fr. ? heaven.
1913 webster
1. class. myth. one of the nine muses, daughter of zeus by
mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
1913 webster
2. zool. 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.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
urania
n 1: greek mythology the muse of astronomy
2: goddess of love; counterpart of greek aphrodite syn: venus
see also:
venus
- [3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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
- [4] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
urania, la -- u.s. town in louisiana
population 2000: 700
housing units 2000: 311
land area 2000: 1.242133 sq. miles 3.217109 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.010917 sq. miles 0.028276 sq. km
total area 2000: 1.253050 sq. miles 3.245385 sq. km
fips code: 77490
located within: louisiana la, fips 22
location: 31.862835 n, 92.291261 w
zip codes 1990:
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
urania, la
urania
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