Urania (disambiguation)
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Mythology
- UraniaUraniaUrania was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus. She is usually depicted with a globe in her left hand. She is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars...
, a muse in Greek mythology - Urania, an OceanidOceanidIn Greek mythology and, later, Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Each was the patroness of a particular spring, river, sea, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud...
- Aphrodite UraniaAphrodite UraniaUrania was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying "heavenly" or "spiritual", to distinguish her from her more earthly aspect of "Aphrodite Pandemos", "Aphrodite for all the people". The two were used to differentiate the more "celestial" love of body and soul from purely physical...
, a title for the Greek goddess Aphrodite, as opposed to Aphrodite Pandemos. - The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania, a work by Lady Mary WrothLady Mary WrothLady Mary Wroth was an English poet of the Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary English family, Wroth was among the first female British writers to have achieved an enduring reputation...
Science
- 30 Urania30 Urania30 Urania is a large main-belt asteroid.Urania was discovered by J. R. Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. It is named after Urania, the Greek Muse of astronomy.-External links:* from JPL / *...
, an asteroid - Urania, a German science magazine
- Urania (Berlin)Urania (Berlin)Urania is a scientific society founded in Berlin in 1888. Its aim is to communicate the most recent scientific findings to the broad public. With its 2000 members, Urania organizes more than 1000 events per year which attract about 130 000 visitors...
, the first science center in the world, founded in Berlin in 1888 - Urania (Antwerp), an observatory
- Urania (Vienna)Urania (Vienna)The Palace Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna.It was built according to the plans of Art Nouveau style architect Max Fabiani at the outlet of the Wien River and was opened in 1910 by Franz Joseph I of Austria as an educational facility with a public observatory...
, an observatory - Urania SternwarteUrania SternwarteUrania Sternwarte is a public observatory in the Lindenhof quarter of Zurich, Switzerland. Its name Urania refers to the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology.- History :Its origins base on a first observatory on the roof of the Zunfthaus zur Meisen...
, an observatory in Zurich - Urania (genus), a moth genus, see the subfamily UraniinaeUraniinaeThe Uraniinae or uraniine moths are a subfamily of moths in the family Uraniidae. It contains seven genera that occur in the tropics of the world....
or Urania sloanusUrania sloanusSloane's Urania was a moth of the Uraniidae family, last reported in 1894 or 1895., but possibly surviving until at least 1908.It was black with iridescent red, blue and green markings... - Uranium dioxideUranium dioxideUranium dioxide or uranium oxide , also known as urania or uranous oxide, is an oxide of uranium, and is a black, radioactive, crystalline powder that naturally occurs in the mineral uraninite. It is used in nuclear fuel rods in nuclear reactors. A mixture of uranium and plutonium dioxides is used...
, or urania, or uranic oxide
Places
- Urania, LouisianaUrania, LouisianaUrania is a town in La Salle Parish, Louisiana in the United States. The population was 700 at the 2000 census.Urania was established in the late 1890s by lumbering magnate Henry E...
, a town in the United States - UrâniaUrâniaUrânia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 8,865 and the area is 209.96 km². The elevation is 458 m....
, a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Other uses
- Ourania, an ancient Greek ball game, see EpiskyrosEpiskyrosEpiskyros was an ancient Greek ball game . The game was played between two teams of usually 12 to 14 players each, with one ball and the rules of the game allowed using hands. Although it was a ball game, it was violent, at least at Sparta...
- Urania Genève SportUrania Genève SportUrania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896.The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève.Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against Young Boys...
, a Swiss football club - Urania (magazine)Urania (magazine)Urania is an Italian science fiction magazine published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since October 10, 1952.-History:The first issue featured the novel The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke...
, a number of science fiction periodical magazines - UranianUranianframe|right|From [[John Addington Symonds]]' 1891 book A Problem in Modern Ethics.Uranian is a 19th century term that referred to a person of a third sex — originally, someone with "a female psyche in a male body" who is sexually attracted to men, and later extended to cover homosexual gender...
, a 19th century term that referred to a person of a third sex