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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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