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Miranda
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miranda Mirandą
English
Pronunciation
en /mɪˈɹændə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Miranda.wav Southern England
en ændə 3
Etymology 1
en ine-pro *(s)mey-
thumb|Miranda as the ice-covered moon of planet Uranus
en William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of en la mirandus admirable.
Proper noun
~
en countable en female coinages < Latin.
III I Admir'd Miranda!<br<Indeed, the top of admiration; worthWhat's dearest in the world!
en John Raby A West Virginia parent sues seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations w:AP News https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-school-vaccine-religious-exemption-lawsuit-fd16ac7dcc04b6edda42c8fd8bb6ace9 2025-06-24 Miranda Guzman alleges that the state’s vaccine mandate violates a 2023 West Virginia law that stipulates the government would not be able to “substantially burden” someone’s constitutional right to freedom of religion unless doing so “is essential to further a compelling governmental interest.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250712141121/https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-school-vaccine-religious-exemption-lawsuit-fd16ac7dcc04b6edda42c8fd8bb6ace9
en Moons of Uranus en astronomy en One of the <<moon>>s of the <<planet:pref/Uranus>>.
en 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.
en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Voyage of the Century Bradford A. Smith 63 A patchwork of cratered terrain and younger, complex formations, Miranda may have been repeatedly shattered by collisions and reassembled by gravity.
en CDP co/Humboldt County s/California c/US.
en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Sutherland s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Miranda de Ebro
en Mirandan
en Mirandian
en Mirfanda
Translations
female name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 米蘭達 Mǐlándá
Marathi: mr मिरांडा
Portuguese: pt Miranda f
Russian: ru Мира́нда f
moon of Uranus
Catalan: ca Miranda
Dutch: nl Miranda f
French: fr Miranda
German: de Miranda m
Italian: it Miranda m
Japanese: ja ミランダ Miranda
Korean: ko ^미란다
Marathi: mr मिरांडा
Polish: pl Miranda f
Portuguese: pt Miranda f
Russian: ru Мира́нда f
Spanish: es Miranda
Etymology 2
From the en roa (en es -, en pt -, en it - habitational surname) Miranda.
The common noun and verb are after the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), after en Ernesto Miranda Ernesto Miranda.
Proper noun
~ s
en Romance languages.
en Spanish.
en Portuguese.
en Italian.
A place name:
en One of 23 <<states>> in <<c/Venezuela>> Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda.
en town/and/mun in s:suf/Carabobo c/Venezuela.
en mun in s:suf/Falcón c/Venezuela.
en mun in s:suf/Mérida c/Venezuela.
Noun
?
en law enforcement A Miranda warning.
Derived terms
en Miranda card Mirandize Mirandization Miranda right Miranda rule Miranda warning
Verb
en transitive To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.
en Has the suspect been Mirandaed?
Anagrams
en aadimnr Arminda madrina
Asturian
ast:
Alternative forms
ast Md initialism
Etymology
ast.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ast municipality in western acomm/Asturias Belmonte de Miranda a
Related terms
ast mirandés
ast mirandín
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
en Miranda
Cebuano
Etymology 1
ceb :bor en:Miranda + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English < Latin
en Miranda; one of the moons of Uranus
Noun
ceb noun
ceb colloquial a Miranda warning
Etymology 2
ceb :bor es:Miranda + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb Spanish
ceb eponyms
ceb Astronomy Moons of Uranus
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl en Miranda, based on nl la miranda.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌmiˈrɑn.daː/
nl Nl-Miranda.ogg
nl Mi ran da
Proper noun
f
en Miranda
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it la mīranda, feminine declension of la mīrandus which is to be wondered at, perhaps in relation to a strategic viewpoint.
Pronunciation
Mirànda
Proper noun
f
it village p:pref/Isernia r/Molise c/Italy
Derived terms
it mirandese
Proper noun
mfbysense
it place names
Further reading
miranda
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Miranda (navn),Miranda (måne),Miranda (delstat)
thumb|Miranda, the heroine of Shakespeare's The Tempest, in a 1916 painting by John William Waterhouse.
thumb|Miranda, one of Uranus's moons, imaged by Voyager 2.
Pronunciation
nb /mɪˈran.da/
nb anda 3
nb Mi ran da
Etymology 1
nb ine-pro *(s)mey-
nb, borrowed from nb en Miranda female given name, probably coined by William Shakespeare for Prospero's daughter in The Tempest (c. 1611), from nb la mīrandus mīranda which is to be wondered or marvelled at; admirable, the feminine form of la mīrandus, the gerundive of nb la mīrō to wonder at, marvel at. The Latin verb belongs to the family of nb la mīrus wonderful, marvellous, from Proto-Italic nb itc-pro *smeiros, from Proto-Indo-European nb ine-pro *sméyros laughing, smiling, ultimately from ine-pro *(s)mey- to laugh, be glad.
The astronomical sense was named after Shakespeare's Miranda. Gerard Kuiper discovered the moon on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory. The programming language was likewise named in reference to Shakespeare's character; its designer David Turner (computer scientist) David Turner described the name as an introduction to the “brave new world” of functional programming. The Sydney suburb was named in the nineteenth century after the same character.
Parallel international forms include da Miranda, sv Miranda, de Miranda, nl Miranda, fi Miranda, fr Miranda, pl Miranda, pt Miranda and en Miranda.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female English < Latin
nb Datteren deres heter Miranda. Their daughter is named Miranda.
nb astronomy Miranda; the smallest and innermost of the five major moons of Uranus
nb Voyager 2 fotograferte Miranda på nært hold i 1986. Voyager 2 photographed Miranda at close range in 1986.
nb 22 February 2025 Maria Hammerstrøm and Inger Lise Delphin Smedsrød Store norske leksikon Miranda – måne Miranda er en av månene til planeten Uranus. Miranda is one of the moons of the planet Uranus.
nb computing a pure, non-strict functional programming language designed by David Turner (computer scientist) David Turner in the 1980s
nb Miranda fikk stor betydning for utviklingen av Haskell. Miranda had a major influence on the development of Haskell.
Miranda; nb suburb s/New South Wales c/Australia, in the Sutherland Shire of southern Sydney
nb Miranda er en forstad sør i Sydney. Miranda is a suburb in southern Sydney.
Usage notes
The given name nb Miranda has been used in Norway since the mid-19th century. Its strongest earlier period of use was around the beginning of the 20th century, with renewed use from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Statistics
As of January 2026, 236 women in Norway had nb Miranda as their first or only given name.
See also
Etymology 2
thumb|Francisco de Miranda, after whom the Venezuelan geographical senses are named.
thumb|Pozo de Rosas in Miranda state, Venezuela.
For the surname sense, borrowed from Spanish nb es Miranda surname, Portuguese nb pt Miranda surname or Italian nb it Miranda surname, depending on family origin. These are chiefly habitational surnames derived from one of the numerous places called Miranda in the Romance-speaking world. The deeper histories of the individual place names are not necessarily identical. A connection with Latin la mīrandus mīranda worthy of being admired; admirable has traditionally been proposed, while some Iberian place names have also been assigned pre-Roman origins; the ultimate origin should therefore not be assumed to be identical in every surname lineage.
The Venezuelan geographical senses below commemorate Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816), the Venezuelan revolutionary and independence leader whose surname is the same Romance name.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Romance languages
nb Carmen Miranda bar etternavnet Miranda. Carmen Miranda had the surname Miranda.
Miranda; nb state c/Venezuela, with Los Teques as its capital
nb Los Teques er hovedstaden i Miranda. Los Teques is the capital of Miranda.
Miranda; nb town s/Carabobo c/Venezuela, the seat of the municipality of the same name
nb Byen Miranda ligger i delstaten Carabobo. The town of Miranda is in the state of Carabobo.
Miranda; nb municipality s/Carabobo c/Venezuela
nb Miranda er en av kommunene i Carabobo. Miranda is one of the municipalities of Carabobo.
Miranda; nb municipality s/Falcón c/Venezuela
nb Kommunen Miranda i Falcón omfatter delstatshovedstaden Coro. The municipality of Miranda in Falcón includes the state capital Coro.
Miranda; nb municipality s/Mérida c/Venezuela
nb Miranda er også navnet på en kommune i Mérida. Miranda is also the name of a municipality in Mérida.
Etymology 3
thumb|Old Highway 101 in Miranda, California, in 2000.
nb en Miranda Miranda, California. The English place name was applied to the local post office on 26 August 1905, replacing the earlier local name Jacobsen's Valley. The deeper origin of Miranda is uncertain. One historical account leaves open whether the intended reference was a female personal name or the well-known Spanish place and family name, while another credits Etta Coombs with choosing the name for the post office.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Miranda; nb census-designated place co/Humboldt County s/California c/USA
nb Miranda ligger i Humboldt County nord i California. Miranda is in Humboldt County in northern California.
References
“Miranda – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon
“Miranda – måne”, Store norske leksikon
nb Moons Moons of Uranus
nb eponyms
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Miranda + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Miranda.ogg
Proper noun
f
pl astronomy Miranda one of the moons of Uranus
Declension
1
See also
Further reading
pl Moons of Uranus
Portuguese
pt:
Pronunciation
pt ɐ̃dɐ 3
pt Mi ran da
Etymology 1
pt :inh la:mirandus<alt:miranda> +
Proper noun
f
a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower or belvedere
pt parish municipality/Arcos de Valdevez district:pref/Viana do Castelo c/Portugal
Derived terms
pt Miranda do Corvo Miranda do Douro
Related terms
pt Mirandela mirandelense mirandense mirandês Mirante
Proper noun
mf
pt place names
Derived terms
pt mirandino
Etymology 2
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt unisex Miranda
Proper noun
f
en Miranda moon of Uranus
Further reading
toponymy
pt Moons of Uranus
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es
Descendants
ceb Miranda 1
tl Miranda 1
Proper noun
es state c/Venezuela
Derived terms
es mirandino
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Miranda + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Spanish, notably the surname of:
Chito Miranda, songwriter and lead singer of the rock band Parokya ni Edgar
Statistics
Miranda 23rd 141,651
Turkish
tr:+ (uydu)
Proper noun
tr astronomy en Miranda
tr Moons of Uranus
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /mɪˈranda/
Proper noun
m
cy female
cy astronomy en Miranda a moon of Uranus
See also
Mutation
References
Heini Gruffudd https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honoraryawardsarchive/honoraryawards2013/heinigruffudd/ Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Enwau_Cymraeg_i_blant/vuWhRAAACAAJ?hl=en Y Lolfa 2010 20 192 9781847712196
cy Moons of Uranus