Oberon

Oberón English Alternative forms literal character en Auberon Etymology Earlier en Auberon, from en fro Alberon, partial loan translation from en gmh Alberich, literally ‘elf king, fairy king’, from gmh alp + gmh -rich << en gem-pro *rīks. Pronunciation en /ˈoʊbərɒn/ Proper noun 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. en astronomy moons The outermost major moon of Uranus. en town/and/lgarea in s/New South Wales c/Australia. en minor city co/Benson County s/North Dakota c/USA. en computing operating systems A general purpose programming language and operating system descended from Modula-2, developed in the late 1980s. Derived terms en Oberonian Translations name Marathi: mr ओबेरॉन Russian: ru Оберо́н m moon of Uranus Catalan: ca Oberó French: fr Obéron German: de Oberon m Italian: it Oberon Japanese: ja オベロン Oberon Korean: ko ^오베론 Marathi: mr ओबेरॉन m Polish: pl Oberon m Russian: ru Оберо́н m Spanish: es Oberón Anagrams en benoor Borneo bore on booner Oborne en Fictional characters Moons of Uranus William Shakespeare Norwegian Bokmål no:Oberon,Oberon (måne) thumb|Oberon, Titania and Puck dancing with fairies in William Blake's c. 1786 illustration of A Midsummer Night's Dream. thumb|Uranus's moon Oberon, photographed by Voyager 2 on 24 January 1986. thumb|A view of Oberon, New South Wales, Australia. Etymology nb, ultimately from nb fro Alberon, based on nb gmh Alberich elf king, fairy king. The Germanic name contains gmh alp elf, fairy and a second element ultimately from gem-pro *rīks king, ruler. The name also appears in Old French as fro Auberon and passed into English as en Oberon. The legendary figure is first depicted in the medieval French poem Huon of Bordeaux and later appears prominently as the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The moon of Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and was named after the literary Oberon. The town of Oberon in New South Wales, formerly known as Bullock Flat, was renamed in 1863 after Shakespeare's king of the fairies. Oberon in North Dakota was likewise given its present name in 1886 in reference to A Midsummer Night's Dream. The computing name derives from the moon. Niklaus Wirth chose Oberon as the name of his project at ETH Zurich after Voyager 2's encounter with Uranus and its moons in 1986; the programming language was subsequently given the same name as the system. Parallel international forms include da Oberon, sv Oberon, de Oberon, fr Obéron, es Oberón, fi Oberon and en Oberon. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈoː.bə.rɔn/ [ˈòː.bə.rɔ̌n] nb oːbərɔn 3 nb O be ron Proper noun nb proper noun nb folklore literature Oberon; a legendary king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature, best known as the husband of Titania in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream nb Oberon er alvenes konge og Titanias ektemann. Oberon is the king of the fairies and Titania's husband. nb 22 February 2025 Store norske leksikon Oberon https://snl.no/Oberon Oberon var alvenes konge, Titanias gemal og hovedpersonen i mange sagn fra middelalderen. Oberon was the king of the fairies, Titania's consort and the main character in many medieval legends. https://web.archive.org/web/20260828015221/https://snl.no/Oberon 28 August 2026 nb astronomy Oberon; the outermost of the five major moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel in 1787 and named after the legendary Oberon nb Oberon er den ytterste av Uranus' fem store måner. Oberon is the outermost of Uranus's five major moons. nb 22 February 2025 Store norske leksikon Oberon – måne https://snl.no/Oberon_-_måne Oberon ble oppdaget i 1787 av den tysk-britiske astronomen William Herschel. Oberon was discovered in 1787 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel. https://web.archive.org/web/20250910043101/https://snl.no/Oberon_-_m%C3%A5ne 10 September 2025 nb town s/New South Wales c/Australia, in the Central Tablelands, named after Shakespeare's Oberon when it was proclaimed a village in 1863 nb Oberon ligger vest for Sydney i New South Wales. Oberon lies west of Sydney in New South Wales. nb city s/North Dakota c/United States, in Benson County, North Dakota Benson County, named after Shakespeare's Oberon in 1886 nb computing Oberon; a general-purpose programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich in the late 1980s, evolved from Modula-2 nb Oberon ble utviklet som en etterfølger til Modula-2. Oberon was developed as a successor to Modula-2. nb computing Oberon; an operating system developed by Niklaus Wirth and Jürg Gutknecht at ETH Zurich, closely associated with and largely written in the Oberon programming language See also References “Oberon – måne” in Store norske leksikon. “Oberon”, Oberon Council. “Communities”, Benson County, North Dakota. Wirth, Niklaus and Jürg Gutknecht (1992), Project Oberon: The Design of an Operating System and Compiler, Zürich: Addison-Wesley. “Programmeringsspråk”, Humord, University of Oslo. Anagrams nb benoor Borneo nb Moons of Uranus William Shakespeare Programming languages Operating systems nb eponyms Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Oberon + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr pl astronomy Oberon outermost major moon of Uranus Declension <m.pr> See also Further reading pl Moons of Uranus Turkish tr:+ (uydu) tr:+, Kuzey Dakota Proper noun tr astronomy en Oberon tr city s/North Dakota Oberon tr Moons of Uranus Welsh Pronunciation cy /ˈɔbɛrɔn/ cy-N cy /ˈoːbɛrɔn/ /ˈɔbɛrɔn/ cy-S Proper noun m cy astronomy en Oberon a moon of Uranus See also Mutation cy Moons of Uranus