kraftiekortie wrote:
If it's the correct pronunciation, pronounce it that way----no matter how "funny" it sounds.
I believe it's a Greek word. How do Greeks pronounce it?
It is an English “loanword” taken from Greek. It is also a Science word which may be used as a loanword in many other languages in the scientific community.
Science words are often Latin.
“… loanwords may be adapted to phonology, phonotactics, orthography, and morphology of the target language.
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Some English loanwords remain relatively faithful to the original phonology even though a particular phoneme might not exist or have contrastive status in English.“
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Wikipedia - Loanword“The pronunciation of the name Uranus preferred among astronomers is /ˈjʊərənəs/ YOOR-ə-nəs,[2] with stress on the first syllable as in Latin Ūranus, in contrast to /jʊˈreɪnəs/ yoo-RAY-nəs, with stress on the second syllable and a long a, though both are considered acceptable.[f]
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In a March 1782 treatise, Bode proposed Uranus, the Latinised version of the Greek god of the sky, Ouranos.[46] Bode argued that the name should follow the mythology so as not to stand out as different from the other planets, and that Uranus was an appropriate name as the father of the first generation of the Titans.[46] He also noted that elegance of the name in that just as Saturn was the father of Jupiter, the new planet should be named after the father of Saturn.[40][46][47][48] Bode was however apparently unaware that Uranus was only the Latinised form of the titular deity, and his Roman equivalent was Caelus. In 1789, Bode's Royal Academy colleague Martin Klaproth named his newly discovered element uranium in support of Bode's choice.[49] Ultimately, Bode's suggestion became the most widely used, and became universal in 1850 when HM Nautical Almanac Office, the final holdout, switched from using Georgium Sidus to Uranus.[47]”
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Wikipedia - Uranus
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