URANUS


Meaning of URANUS in English

n. a planet discovered by Herschel in 1781, the outermost of the solar system except Neptune and Pluto.

[ L f. Gk Ouranos heaven, Uranus, in Gk Mythol. the son of Gaea (Earth) and father of Kronos (Saturn), the Titans, etc. ]

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