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Old 24-September-2007, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Gillianren View Post
Actually, I pronounce it "oo-ran-ohs," myself, because that's how the friend who was taking Ancient Greek pronounced it.
Your pronunciation is actually the closest to the original, the Greek Ouranos, the sky god for whom the planet was named. Uranus is a Latinized/Anglicized version of Ouranos.
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