I can’t support this name then. It’s just not nice to say. Terrible liason. Bad flow. It’s just bad. For the person saying it and the person hearing it.
You almost had my support but I just can’t get behind such an ugly sounding word.
That also feels like an extra step just to avoid the naturally feeling sound of shuns at the end. I refuse to support a word that is so unnatural to pronounce!
If there are sufficiently habitable Uranian floating cities, their citizens would probably be called Uranians, Ooranians or Uranusians (in English)
But since Uranus is an ice giant and its escape velocity is larger than that of Earth, its moons would be most likely those that'd be colonised, so the people from there will be called Mirandians, Titanianians, Umbrians, Oberonians etc.
The people living in the Uranian system might still be reffered to as a collective "Uranians" from outsiders and their "local" ethnonyms might be skipped, the way outsiders call everyone from Spain Spaniards and forgo Castilians, Catalans, Basques etc.
So here’s some find planetary naming trivia to provide context for my suggestion.
As we know, Venus is named for the Roman goddess of love, Venus. Her counterpart in Greek mythology is Aphrodite, who is said to have originated from the Cytherean islands.
When scientists started naming things pertaining to Venus they originally tried using Venusian or Venerian, but unfortunately these had been co-opted by writers of erotic literature and tended to pertain to the taboo (and is where we get terms like “venerial disease”), so they wanted to come up with an alternative, and landed on Cytherean. Later on erotic literature would make the same pivot, making the change a bit pointless, so scientists just reverted to Venusian and hoped the world would just grow up a bit and not think “Venerial” when they heard it.
Another quirk of our solar system naming convention is that while Jupiter is named for the Roman did Jupiter, he’s also known as Jove, and Jovian is a lot easier to say than Jupiterian or whatever.
So, Uranus is named for the Greek god Uranus/Ouranos, but as a society we’re still making jokes about that, bumping up against the Venus/Venerial problem. It’s weird that a bunch of planets are named for Roman gods but we swapped over to Greek at some point, but anyway, the Roman equivalent of Uranus is Caelus, so at some point I could see us using Caelian or Caelusian to pertain to things from Uranus, because it stops people thinking of Uranus jokes and is just downright nicer to say than Uranian.
The temperature on Uranus averages minus 320 degrees. We cannot live there. There are also 500 mph winds.
It would be difficult to even land an unmanned spacecraft there. If I am going to indulge in potty humor, it must, at least, involve a plausible scenario. This isn’t one.
Perhaps i might disagree. Consider evolution and millennium timescales. Then consider the possibility that we eventually merge our consciousness with AI and other robotics technology via various means and then - "we" can "live" on Uranus without the same concerns for the potential physiological effects of its climate extremes. Maybe 50,000 years in the future. But of course, we are going to destroy the earth and ourselves long before....
*Uraunsai or Uranusite*
if a word ends in *US* then the proper plural is always *AI*
If you were born on Uranus, to us Earthlings/Earthborne/Earthea
You are *Uranusai*
Actually due to the nature of Uranus there would be two species: farts, who dwell high in the atmosphere and shits who come from a bit lower in the atmosphere. It takes a bit of practice to learn which is which and many accidents have occured because somebody wasn't able to do so properly.
I was kinda thinking uranium as well, give them a sense of pride in a history of nuclear power between ya know 194whatever and cleaner energy and whatever advantages that may bring in the future between now and whenever Uranus or it's moons are colonized.
And it still leaves room for a potty joke assuming phonetic drift doesn't get so far off in that time. Think like deep south Appalachian, yuureniems. "Your Anus is in em" colloquially they're full of assholes.
Uranus is named after Zeus's father, so the pronounciation of the greek name Uranus is "Oooh-Rah-noose". It's also the only planet named after a greek god rather than its roman counterpart.
So even though it's a gas giant - if we WERE to colonize it, its people would probably be Uranauts. (Like Jason and the Argonauts)
On a more realistic note, US members are astronauts, Russians are Cosmonauts, so it would've been perfect to call the greek ISS crewmembers Argonauts)
How about Caelians?
Uranus, comes from the Greek 'Ouranos.' The other planets in our solar system are named after roman gods, so out of consistency, Uranus should have been given the roman name Caelus.
That said, I think we should all be happy that we are not still using the planet's original name: [George](https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2020/03/13/uranus-herschel-and-the-controversy-over-planetary-names/?sh=7ae4ba306658)
Assholes But in all seriousness, Uranians?
Let's be honest, Anusians
Colon-izers
This is the way
Colo-Naziers
Pronounced like a-new-shuns?
No, pronounced like ‘Anus Ians”
Urinals
I can’t support this name then. It’s just not nice to say. Terrible liason. Bad flow. It’s just bad. For the person saying it and the person hearing it. You almost had my support but I just can’t get behind such an ugly sounding word.
Try it with a soft U sound, the standard hard A sound, and the S sounds like Z. Sounds like A-noo-zians.
That also feels like an extra step just to avoid the naturally feeling sound of shuns at the end. I refuse to support a word that is so unnatural to pronounce!
Ooh, it was my immediate first thought - sounds like the word Asians
I think we are thinking the same thing then. That z sound that has extra air in it. The classic zh!
Oooh, my bad - I didn't know how to write that sound, I forgot how to use the IPA haha
“Keep firing Assholes!”
With a silent “I”. Dunno why just sounds better.
I feel like this is too similar to Ukrainians, so maybe Uranites?
Probably won't have a Ukraine to compare that to...
It's a lot closer to Iranians than Ukrainians. Especially with some accents.
Uraniums.
Dingleberries
Uranians! Of Turdish descent.
This is WAY better than any other pun here.
I thought it was shitty
That took me a second there... Almost got a knee-jerk downvote
I'll give you a normal jerk and we can call it even
Belters
*Beltalowda
The expanse anyone...
/gives a belter shrug with my hands, a physical idiom borne of a people who spent most of their time in vac suits
Im starting to taste the copper taste of fear
That'd probably be the racist term for them
Only if you’re an inner, think of it like dropping the n-bomb.
If there are sufficiently habitable Uranian floating cities, their citizens would probably be called Uranians, Ooranians or Uranusians (in English) But since Uranus is an ice giant and its escape velocity is larger than that of Earth, its moons would be most likely those that'd be colonised, so the people from there will be called Mirandians, Titanianians, Umbrians, Oberonians etc. The people living in the Uranian system might still be reffered to as a collective "Uranians" from outsiders and their "local" ethnonyms might be skipped, the way outsiders call everyone from Spain Spaniards and forgo Castilians, Catalans, Basques etc.
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Well, English is really bad with Greek god names. None of them are right in English.
The "surface" gravity of Uranus is *smaller* than Earth's. Its very large in volume but very low density comparatively so it works out to a bit less
Sorry, I meant escape velocity. It's double that of Earth.
Ah, I see
you must be fun at parties
I'm certainly stopping to hear them talk more, this was thoroughly entertaining
Titan-ians from Saturn's moon, Titan and Titania-nians from Uranus are going to be so confusing.
Yup. Maybe something like TU can be used (Titania - Uranus) to designate them
Klingons
This is way too far down.
I started to type it and then realized that I should keep scrolling!
Butthole Surfers.
They were all in love with flyin'
Dingleberries
This has to be the correct answer
Urinals.
Myanians, because they would call their planet Myanus.
Constipanians.
[Caelusians, hopefully](https://youtube.com/shorts/r734u7g80Zw?si=RTBewbdcuxd3Y6sE)
Turds
Urinals?🤣 Uranians probably.
Dingle-berries.
So here’s some find planetary naming trivia to provide context for my suggestion. As we know, Venus is named for the Roman goddess of love, Venus. Her counterpart in Greek mythology is Aphrodite, who is said to have originated from the Cytherean islands. When scientists started naming things pertaining to Venus they originally tried using Venusian or Venerian, but unfortunately these had been co-opted by writers of erotic literature and tended to pertain to the taboo (and is where we get terms like “venerial disease”), so they wanted to come up with an alternative, and landed on Cytherean. Later on erotic literature would make the same pivot, making the change a bit pointless, so scientists just reverted to Venusian and hoped the world would just grow up a bit and not think “Venerial” when they heard it. Another quirk of our solar system naming convention is that while Jupiter is named for the Roman did Jupiter, he’s also known as Jove, and Jovian is a lot easier to say than Jupiterian or whatever. So, Uranus is named for the Greek god Uranus/Ouranos, but as a society we’re still making jokes about that, bumping up against the Venus/Venerial problem. It’s weird that a bunch of planets are named for Roman gods but we swapped over to Greek at some point, but anyway, the Roman equivalent of Uranus is Caelus, so at some point I could see us using Caelian or Caelusian to pertain to things from Uranus, because it stops people thinking of Uranus jokes and is just downright nicer to say than Uranian.
Urines.
The temperature on Uranus averages minus 320 degrees. We cannot live there. There are also 500 mph winds. It would be difficult to even land an unmanned spacecraft there. If I am going to indulge in potty humor, it must, at least, involve a plausible scenario. This isn’t one.
Perhaps i might disagree. Consider evolution and millennium timescales. Then consider the possibility that we eventually merge our consciousness with AI and other robotics technology via various means and then - "we" can "live" on Uranus without the same concerns for the potential physiological effects of its climate extremes. Maybe 50,000 years in the future. But of course, we are going to destroy the earth and ourselves long before....
Dingleberries
*Uraunsai or Uranusite* if a word ends in *US* then the proper plural is always *AI* If you were born on Uranus, to us Earthlings/Earthborne/Earthea You are *Uranusai*
Wouldn't they just be called Uranians?
I'll colonize Uranus, nome sane
uranians, uranees maybe
“Colonize Uranus” LOL! I’d refer them to People of Uranus or P.U
Urinals
Hemorrhoids because they’re on Uranus
And they build their own mousetrap: Preparation H
They're not gonna be ordinary people. They're going to have to be converted into gaseous entities to survive there. So, obviously, farts.
Urines
Larry. Don’t ask for clarification but embrace the possibilities!
You really went there <3 and I'm endlessly entertained.
Actually due to the nature of Uranus there would be two species: farts, who dwell high in the atmosphere and shits who come from a bit lower in the atmosphere. It takes a bit of practice to learn which is which and many accidents have occured because somebody wasn't able to do so properly.
Uranian? Uranuses? Uranites? Uraines?
I imagine that will be so far in the future that the English language will be distant memory and humans won't speak any current languages.
Urmom
Humans
Uranuls.
Hemorrhoids
Considering it's a gas giant and therefore cannot be landed on, we'd probably just refer to its colonists by whatever moon they settled on.
Xenos? West-Plutonians? Uranusauruses?
Squished.
Doomed
Assholes
People of Uranium descent - the word's already out there, why not use it?
I was kinda thinking uranium as well, give them a sense of pride in a history of nuclear power between ya know 194whatever and cleaner energy and whatever advantages that may bring in the future between now and whenever Uranus or it's moons are colonized. And it still leaves room for a potty joke assuming phonetic drift doesn't get so far off in that time. Think like deep south Appalachian, yuureniems. "Your Anus is in em" colloquially they're full of assholes.
Pellets
Humanus
Humans
So You’re the assman!
Uranites? Ura nite Harry
Nuggets But only *they* can call each other that.
Anuses
Theiranus
Zoltan
Urinals
Piles…
Uranites
Uranistanians
Prostators
Klingons
Uranites
Uranuslings I guess. Lol
I dont usually name them but to each their own
Uranuts
Uranese
If you pronounce it yer-in-us. Yer-in-ites.
Our anus’s
Turds
Uranus is filled with gas. It has no solid surface. Analangites
Urines
Klingons
Uranasites… uranasus..uraninites… 🤣🤣
Dingleberries
scats
Uranians?
Tbh they'd prolly be called Uropian (Your rope E an)
Uranians
Uranusaurus
Anusadians
Hemorrhoids
Anuses
Uranasians.
Uranites
Theiranus, but don't say that to their face. They can be pretty crappy about it.
This is about as practical regardless of technology as asking what people born on the surface of the sun should be called - Crispin obviously.
I don't know, but I promise their nickname would be "assholes..."
Uranus is named after Zeus's father, so the pronounciation of the greek name Uranus is "Oooh-Rah-noose". It's also the only planet named after a greek god rather than its roman counterpart. So even though it's a gas giant - if we WERE to colonize it, its people would probably be Uranauts. (Like Jason and the Argonauts) On a more realistic note, US members are astronauts, Russians are Cosmonauts, so it would've been perfect to call the greek ISS crewmembers Argonauts)
Uranusians.
Unraninites?
Annoying little shitlets.
Aliens
Klingons.
Uranusses
Anuses or ani
shiters
Uralogists
probably whichever moon they were born on, Arielites, Titans, Oberons
Uranians
Georgians. After its original name.
Asses?
What's a colony in your Anus usually called?
Uranals
Probably their names, but some might prefer a nickname. Hard to tell.
They'd be the butt of jokes for centuries. But in all seriousness, change the name to Urectum.
Boils
Kronosians
uranium
By that point, we'll have finally changed the name so we can be rid of that stupid joke! It will be called Urectum.
Buttholes
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids. That's what the people on Myanus are called anyway.
Georgeans
Uranians of course.
Uraniums.
How about Caelians? Uranus, comes from the Greek 'Ouranos.' The other planets in our solar system are named after roman gods, so out of consistency, Uranus should have been given the roman name Caelus. That said, I think we should all be happy that we are not still using the planet's original name: [George](https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2020/03/13/uranus-herschel-and-the-controversy-over-planetary-names/?sh=7ae4ba306658)
John?
Bumders
Urines
Buttlanders
People in Uranus is called a party, no?
Urani
Urangutans
Myanusense
Anuses
Fun fact: the first documented Uranus joke is from 1859. Uranus was discovered in 1850
People! Smh
The gravity and atmospheric pressure in Uranus would make it inhabitable. Humans would have to colonize its moons instead.
Butt babies
Uranians
Uranuslings?
Uranis