Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass. The muse Urania is sometimes confused with Aphrodite Urania...
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Urânia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 9,120 inhabitants and an area of 208.9 km². Urânia belongs to...
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up Urania, urania, or Uránia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Urania is a muse in Greek mythology. Urania may also refer to: Aphrodite Urania, a title...
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Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna, Austria. Urania Observatory (German: Urania Sternwarte) was built in 1909 according...
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Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite...
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The Urania Award (known in Italian as the Premio Urania) is an annual literary competition run by the Italian magazine Urania for contemporary Italian...
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Sophia Brahe (section Urania Titani)
poem "Urania Titani" during the couple's separation, expressed as a letter from his sister Sophia to her fiancé in 1594. Tycho casts Sophia as Urania, muse...
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Urania is a genus of colorful, dayflying moths in the family Uraniidae, native to warmer parts of the Americas. Their larvae feed on Omphalea. The genus...
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Urania fulgens, the urania swallowtail moth or green page moth, is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by Francis...
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Urania is a science centre and scientific society in Berlin, Germany. Urania was founded in Berlin in 1888, following an idea of Alexander von Humboldt...
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30 Urania is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery...
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Urania leilus, the green-banded urania, is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th...
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Ravenala madagascariensis (redirect from Urania madagascariensis)
Sonn. Synonyms Urania madagascariensis (Sonn.) Schreb. ex Forsyth f. Heliconia ravenala P.Willemet Urania ravenala (Willemet) A.Rich. Urania speciosa Willd...
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mythology, Urania (/jʊəˈreɪniə/ yoor-AY-nee-ə; Ancient Greek: Οὐρανία or Οὐρανίη Ouranía means 'heavenly') may refer to the following divinities: Urania, the...
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Hala Urania is an indoor arena in Olsztyn, Poland. The Urania hall was commissioned in July 1978. The hall has a large sports hall with a full-size playground...
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Netherlands Navy have been named HNLMS Urania after Urania, the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology: HNLMS Urania (1928), was a training ship of the Royal...
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The Isis-Urania Temple was the first temple of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The three founders, Dr. William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott...
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Urania is a town in La Salle Parish, Louisiana United States. The population was 1,313 at the 2010 census. The late state Representative Thomas "Bud" Brady...
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Urania Sternwarte is a public observatory in the Lindenhof quarter of Zürich, Switzerland. Its name Urania refers to the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology...
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Several vessels have been named Urania for Urania, the Greek muse of astronomy. Urania (1800 ship) was launched in 1795 in Spain and taken in prize. Starting...
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Chrysiridia rhipheus (redirect from Urania ripheus)
inaccuracy in Drury's specimen was found, the moth was placed in the genus Urania, until 1823 when the German entomologist Jacob Hübner placed it in a new...
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Georgiana Morson (redirect from Urania Cottage)
Morson (1817-1880) was a British social reformer. She served as a matron for Urania Cottage, a house for what were then called "fallen women" (prostitutes)...
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Clio, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, and Urania. In modern figurative usage, a muse is a person who serves as someone's...
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Maria Cunitz (section Urania propitia)
notable female astronomer of the early modern era. She authored a book Urania propitia, in which she provided new tables, new ephemera, and a simpler...
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The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης Οὐρανίας, romanized: hieron Aphroditēs Ouranias) was located north-west of the Ancient...
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Urania is an Italian science fiction magazine published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since 10 October 1952. The current[when?] editor is Giuseppe Lippi...
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Taenaris urania is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia. Taenaris urania urania (Ambon, Saparua) Taenaris urania pandemos Fruhstorfer...
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Urania Sternwarte is an observatory in Zurich, Switzerland. Urania Sternwarte may also refer to: Urania Sternwarte (Vienna), at Vienna, Austria Urania...
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Urania was a privately circulated feminist gender studies journal, published between 1916 and 1940. Editors included Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Irene...
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Urania sloanus, or Sloane's urania, was a species of moth of the family Uraniidae endemic to Jamaica. It was last reported in 1894 or 1895, but possibly...
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