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cranial (adj.)[cranial 词源字典]: 1779, from Modern Latin cranium, from Greek kranion "skull" (see cranium) + -al (1).[cranial etymology, cranial origin, 英语词源]
Iranian: 1841 (adj.); 1873 (n.), from Iran + -ian.
Pomerania (n.): region and former province of Prussia on the Baltic coast of modern Poland (German Pommern, Polish Pomorze), Medieval Latin, from Pomerani, name of a Slavic tribe there, from Polish po morze "by the sea."
Pomeranian (n.): type of dog, 1760, from Pomerania, former province of Prussia on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.
Urania: name of the Muse of astronomy and celestial forces, from Latin Urania, from Greek Ourania, fem. of ouranios, literally "heavenly," from ouranos (see Uranus).
uranian (adj.): "homosexual," 1893, from the reference to Aphrodite in Plato's "Symposium;" Urania "Heavenly" (Greek Ourania; see Uranus) being an epithet of Aphrodite as born of Uranus and also as distinguished from the vulgar Venus of commonplace lust.
But the son of the heavenly Aphrodite is sprung from a mother in whose birth the female has no part, but she is from the male only; this is that love which is of youths only, and the goddess being older has nothing of wantonness. Those who are inspired by this love turn to the male, and delight in him who is the more valiant and intelligent nature; any one may recognize the pure enthusiasts in the very character of their attachments. [B. Jowett, transl., 1874]
Also as a noun, "a homosexual person" (1908). Related uranism "homosexuality" (1893).
Uranian (adj.): "pertaining to the planet Uranus," 1844, from comb. form of Uranus + -ian.
acrania: "Total or partial absence of the skull, occurring as a congenital malformation; an instance of this", Mid 19th cent. From scientific Latin acrania from classical Latin a- + post-classical Latin cranium + classical Latin -ia.
hemicrania: "Pain affecting one side of the head", Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek hēmikrania, from hēmi- 'half' + kranion 'skull'.
craniate: "An animal that possesses a skull", Late 19th century: from modern Latin craniatus, from medieval Latin cranium (see cranium).