'Urania' definitions:

Definition of 'Urania'

(from WordNet)
noun
(Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy
noun
Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite [syn: Venus, Urania]

Definition of '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]

Urania, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana

From: Gazetteer 2000
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.

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