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Urania

Definition: Urania

Urania

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy.

2. Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Urania" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "of heaven".

Date "Urania" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Urania \U*ra"ni*a\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, i. e., the Heavenly, from heavenly, from heaven.]. (Websters 1913)

"Urania" is a common misspelling or typo for: Crania, Iranian, Rumania, Ukraine, Uralian, Uranium, Uranus, Urbana, Uremia.


Synonym: Urania

Synonym: Venus (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Urania

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Greek mythology, Urania ("queen of the mountains") was the muse of astronomy and astrology. She was the mother of Linus by Apollo. She is usually depicted as having a globe in her left hand and a peg in the right.



Urania, Louisiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Urania is a town located in La Salle Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 700.

Geography


Urania is located at 31°51'46" North, 92°17'29" West (31.862835, -92.291261)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.80% is water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 700 people, 274 households, and 201 families residing in the town. The population density is 218.0/km² (563.5/mi²). There are 311 housing units at an average density of 96.8/km² (250.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.00% White, 0.71% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.57% from other races, and 2.29% from two or more races. 2.14% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 274 households out of which 33.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% are married couples living together, 7.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% are non-families. 23.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 3.03. In the town the population is spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $25,625, and the median income for a family is $29,167. Males have a median income of $22,404 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,517. 24.0% of the population and 18.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 32.6% are under the age of 18 and 23.7% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Urania."

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Crosswords: Urania

Specialty definitions using "Urania": Gods. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Urania

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cherished Torment: The Emotional Geography of Lady Mary Wroth's Urania (Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies,) (reference)

  • History and Astrology: Clio and Urania Conference (reference)

  • Lady Mary Wroth, The First Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Vol 140) (reference)

  • The Second Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania, by Lady Mary Wroth (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, vol. 211) (reference)

  • To Urania (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Urania

Illustrations:
Urania

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Usage Frequency: Urania

"Urania" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Urania" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)66.67%2245,945
Noun (singular)33.33%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Urania

"Urania" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "of heaven".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Urania."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
OuraniaFemaleGreek MythologyN/A
UraniaFemaleGreek Mythology (Latinized)Ourania
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Cities: Urania


1. 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)
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Urania

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

urania

47

urania la

4

muse urania

3

astronomy muse urania

3

calliope clio erato euterpe melpomene pollinia talia tersicore urania

3

butterfly urania

2

calliope muse urania

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Urania

Derivations

Words beginning with "Urania": uranias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Urania"

Words rhyming with "Urania" (pronounced 'U*ra"ni*a'): Acrania, Adansonia, AEgicrania, Ammonia, Anglomania, Anthomania, Arachnida, Arnica, Bibliomania, Bignonia, Britannia, Caledonia, Campania, Catamenia, Cavicornia, Chelonia, Cleptomania, Dalmania, Daphnia, Darlingtonia, Gallomania, gardenia, hemicrania, hernia, Houstonia, insignia, insomnia, kleptomania, Lamellicornia, Lawsonia, Longicornia, Mahonia, mania, Marsdenia, megalomania, Metromania, monomania, Musicomania, Musomania, Naenia, Nenia, Neomenia, nymphomania, OEnomania, Oinomania, Oxyammonia, Paulownia, Petunia, Phyllomania, Planipennia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Urania

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: anuria.

Words within the letters "a-a-i-n-r-u"

-1 letter: naira, ruana.

-2 letters: airn, aria, aura, raia, rain, rani, ruin, unai.

-3 letters: ain, air, ana, ani, ran, ria, rin, run, urn.

-4 letters: aa, ai, an, ar, in, na, nu, un.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-n-r-u"
 

+1 letter: anurias, guarani, saurian, uranias.

 

+2 letters: aquarian, binaural, guaranis, guardian, lunarian, manubria, manurial, pagurian, quatrain, saurians, unafraid.

 

+3 letters: alaruming, anacrusis, antifraud, antiquark, antiquary, antiurban, aquarians, canicular, casuarina, guaranies, guardians, inaugural, lacunaria, luminaria, lunarians, manipular, marauding, marihuana, marijuana, navicular, neuralgia, pagurians, quatrains, tarpaulin, unitarian, vulgarian.

 

+4 letters: abjuration, adjuration, aeronautic, angularity, antinature, antiquarks, aquamarine, aquatinter, araucarian, armaturing, barramundi, binaurally, casuarinas, cautionary, culinarian, fricandeau, fruitarian, graduating, graduation, guarantied, guaranties, hantavirus, haranguing, inaccuracy, inaccurate, inarguable, inarguably, inaugurals, inaugurate, infrahuman, intramural, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jubilarian, laureating, laureation, luminarias, mandibular, marihuanas, marijuanas, maturating, maturation, microfauna, natatorium, naturalise, naturalism, naturalist, naturalize, naviculars, neuralgias, oceanarium, outbargain, pancratium, quadrating, quadrennia, quandaries, quarantine, ragamuffin, rainsquall, reacquaint, retinacula, sanatorium, sanguinary, sanitarium, saturating, saturation, saturnalia, tarpaulins, triangular, undramatic, unfamiliar, unicameral, unilateral, unitarians, univariate, unsalaried, unsanitary, vulgarians.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Urania


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 72 61 6E 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    .-.    .-    -.    ..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01110010 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#114 &#97 &#110 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 0072 0061 006E 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558467807567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Derived from
8. Cities 		9. Expressions: Internet
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams 		13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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