NOUN | person | Uranus, Ouranos | (Greek mythology) god of the heavens |
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object | Uranus | a giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
Sounds | yer'ahnahs; yuw'rahnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology. | |
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Synonym | Ouranos | |
Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Instance of | Greek deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
Spanish | Ouranos, Urano | |
Catalan | Urà |
Meaning | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color / color and many satellites. | |
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Instance of | Jovian planet, gas giant | Any of the four outermost planets in the solar system |
outer planet | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) | |
superior planet | Any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit | |
Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
Spanish | urano, Urano | |
Catalan | Urà |
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