Uranian may refer to:
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Sexuality
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Uranian (sexuality)
Uranian (from the Ancient Greek Aphrodite Urania (, )) is a historical term for homosexual men. The word was also used as an adjective in association with male homosexuality or inter-male attraction regardless of sexual orientation.
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, a historical term for homosexual men
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Uranians, a group of male homosexual poets
Astronomy
*Uranian, of or pertaining to the planet
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a Supercritical fluid, supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or Volatile ( ...
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Uranian system, refers to the 27 moons of Uranus
Mythology and fiction
*Uranian, relating to
Aphrodite Urania
Aphrodite Urania (, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying a "heavenly" or "spiritual" aspect descended from the sky-god Ouranos to distinguish her from the more earthly epithet of Aphrodite Pandemo ...
, an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite
*Uranian, relating to
Urania
Urania ( ; ; modern Greek shortened name ''Ránia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass.
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, the muse of astronomy
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Uranian (comics)
The Uranians are a fictional race appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in '' Marvel Boy'' #1 (1950) as the human-like inhabitants of the planet Uranus who became the hosts and mentors of Marvel Boy ( ...
, a fictional race in the Marvel Universe
Other uses
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Uranian Phalanstery, artist collectives in New York City
*For ''Uranian astrology'' see
Hamburg School of Astrology
See also
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Urania (disambiguation)
Urania is a muse in Greek mythology.
Urania may also refer to:
Other mythology
*Aphrodite Urania, a title for the Greek goddess Aphrodite, as opposed to Aphrodite Pandemos
*Urania, an Oceanid
Awards
* Urania Award, an Italian science fiction aw ...
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Uranus (disambiguation)
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.
Uranus may also refer to:
*Uranus (mythology), an ancient Greek sky god
Fiction
* Uranus (novel), ''Uranus'' (novel), a 1948 novel by Marcel Aymé
* Sailor Uranus or Haruka Tenoh, a character in ''Sailo ...
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