Uranian
An inhabitant of the planet UranusAn inhabitant of the planet Uranus.
Meaning
2 sensesAn inhabitant of the planet Uranus.
(archaic, literary)A male homosexual; also, a pederast; a man engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy.
Urning
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouFrom Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns). Ūrania is derived from Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ourănĭ́ā, “muse of astronomy”), from οὐράνιος (ouránios, “of or relating to the sky, celestial, heavenly”) (from οὐρανός (ouranós, “the sky; heaven, home of the gods; the universe”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“rain”)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘pertaining to’).
From Uranus + -ian.
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