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Ariel

Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹiəl/

The English word “Ariel” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
  2. An Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank.

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). * (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if…

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