Miranda

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See also: miranda and Mirandą

English

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Etymology 1

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Miranda as the ice-covered moon of planet Uranus

Invented by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (admirable).

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Miranda

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • ~1611 William Shakespeare: The Tempest: Act III, Scene I:
      Admir'd Miranda!
      Indeed, the top of admiration; worth
      What's dearest in the world!
  2. One of the moons of Uranus.
    • 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:
      When Red Dwarf had stopped for supplies at Miranda, he'd spent the last afternoon of his three-day ship leave and all his wages buying the smallest, healthiest animal with the best pedigree he could find.
  3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
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Etymology 2

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From the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), from the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian habitational surname Miranda of Ernesto Miranda.

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Miranda

  1. (law enforcement) A Miranda warning

Verb

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Miranda (third-person singular simple present Mirandas, present participle Mirandaing, simple past and past participle Mirandaed)

  1. (transitive) To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v Arizona.
    Has the suspect been Mirandaed?

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Catalan

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Miranda f

  1. Miranda

Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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From English Miranda.

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Miranda

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]
  2. Miranda; one of the moons of Uranus

Etymology 2

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From Spanish Miranda.

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Miranda

  1. a surname from Spanish

Etymology 3

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From MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

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Miranda

  1. (colloquial) a Miranda warning

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Miranda, based on Latin miranda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmiˈrɑn.daː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧ran‧da

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Miranda f

  1. Miranda

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Miranda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miˈran.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

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Miranda f

  1. (astronomy) Miranda (one of the moons of Uranus)

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See also

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Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star Słońce
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkury Wenus Ziemia Mars Ceres Jowisz Saturn Uran Neptun Pluton
Notable
moons
Księżyc Fobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganimedes
Kallisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tetyda
Dione
Rea
Tytan
Japet

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Tytania
Oberon
Tryton Charon

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧ran‧da

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin miranda.[1]

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Miranda m or f

  1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower or belvedere
  2. a toponymic surname
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Etymology 2

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Miranda f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Miranda
  2. Miranda (moon of Uranus)

References

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  1. ^ Miranda”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miˈɾanda/ [miˈɾãn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

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Miranda m or f by sense

  1. a surname

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Miranda ?

  1. A state of Venezuela

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish.

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Miranda (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜇ)

  1. a surname from Spanish, notably the surname of:
    Chito Miranda, songwriter and lead singer of the rock band Parokya ni Edgar

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Miranda is the 23rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 141,651 individuals.

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Miranda

  1. (astronomy) Miranda