Uranie
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).
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Uranie f
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).
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Uranie f
- (archaic) Alternative form of Urania
- early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory][1], line 41; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- […] e Uranìe m’aiuti col suo coro […]
- And with her choir Urania must assist me,