The standard way to pronounce Uranus among astronomers is to put the emphasis on the first syllable “ur” and then say the second part “unus”. This is the standard literary pronunciation. The more common way people have pronounced it is u-ra-nus, with the “ra” sounded like “ray”.
This list has the names of the 9 planets (yes it includes Pluto for historical reasons) in a number of different languages. Most puns only work in their own language.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Planets
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