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urania
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Urania
(gcide) | Urania \U*ra"ni*a\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, i. e., the Heavenly, fr.
? heavenly, fr. ? heaven.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by
Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
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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.
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urania
(wn) | Urania
n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy
2: goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite [syn:
Venus, Urania] |
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Turanian
(gcide) | Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. n.
One of the Turanians.
[1913 Webster]Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
sprang the races of mankind.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the
northern parts of Europe and Asia and in Central Asia; of
pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
languages.
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Turanians
(gcide) | Turanians \Tu*ra"ni*ans\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
(a) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols
and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and
Polynesians.
(b) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely
related to the Mongols.
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Urania
(gcide) | Urania \U*ra"ni*a\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, i. e., the Heavenly, fr.
? heavenly, fr. ? heaven.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by
Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
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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.
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Uranian
(gcide) | Uranian \U*ra"ni*an\, a. (Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.
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