urania

¹

[ yoo-rey-nee-uh, -reyn-yuh ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. uranium dioxide.

Urania

²

[ yoo-rey-nee-uh, -reyn-yuh ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. the Muse of astronomy.

Urania

/ jʊˈreɪnɪə /

noun

1. the Muse of astronomy
2. another name of Aphrodite

Word History and Origins

Origin of urania¹

urani(um) + -a ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of urania¹

C17: from Latin, from Greek Ourania, from ouranios heavenly, from ouranos heaven

Example Sentences

This particular Urania, for example, was built in Dresden, and was sold at a shop on Ferdinandstraße in central Hamburg in 1939.

From Slate

“It’s a Urania Klein,” my friend said, as he lifted the shapely antique typewriter from his car trunk.

From Slate

You don’t have to be a connoisseur of antique office machinery to identify the Urania as a Nazi-era typewriter; it has that particular aesthetic.

From Slate

Perhaps because the typical group of typewriter buyers overlaps with the far larger community of militariana collectors, typewriters with the “special key” usually command a premium, making them far more expensive than run-of-the-mill German machines, like Willy’s Tríumph or that Urania from Bel Air.

From Slate

For me, the histories of Willie Müller or that Urania from Bel Air are more interesting than a special-keyed typewriter displayed behind glass, with no human context.

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