Oberon
See also: Oberón
English
Alternative forms
- (literal character): Auberon
Etymology
Earlier Auberon, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Alberon, partial loan translation from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German Alberich, literally ‘elf king, fairy king’.
Proper noun
Oberon
- A fictional character in medieval and Renaissance literature, the king of the fairies, appearing for example in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- (astronomy, moons) The outermost major moon of Uranus.
- A town in New South Wales, Australia.
- A city and town in North Dakota.
Derived terms
Translations
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moon of Uranus
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