'Urania' definitions:

Definition of 'Urania'

noun

(Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy

noun

Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite [syn: Venus, Urania]

From: GCIDE

Urania \U*ra"ni*a\, 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]

Name :

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

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.