Miranda
See also: miranda
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Invented by Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
Proper noun
Miranda
- 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!
- ~1611 William Shakespeare: The Tempest: Act III, Scene I:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
female name
moon of Uranus
Etymology 2
MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), from a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian habitational surname.
Proper noun
Miranda
Verb
Miranda (third-person singular simple present Mirandas, present participle Mirandaing, simple past and past participle Mirandaed)
- (transitive) To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v Arizona.
- Has the suspect been Mirandaed?
Derived terms
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
Miranda f
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Miranda
- a male given name from Latin
- Miranda; one of the moons of Uranus
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Miranda
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Etymology 3
From MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).
Proper noun
Miranda
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English Miranda, based on Latin miranda.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miranda f
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Miranda f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Miranda
- Miranda (moon of Uranus)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miranda ?
- a surname
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miranda
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- Chito Miranda, singer-songwriter and lead member of the rock band Parokya ni Edgar
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Miranda is the 23rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 141,651 individuals.
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