Miranda

//mɪˈɹændə// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Miranda warning.
Verb
  1. 1
    To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona. transitive

    "Has the suspect been Mirandaed?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin]. countable

    "Admir'd Miranda! Indeed, the top of admiration; worth What's dearest in the world!"

  2. 2
    A surname from the Romance languages.; A surname from Spanish. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    One of the moons of the planet of Uranus. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    A surname from the Romance languages.; A surname from Portuguese. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A surname from the Romance languages.; A surname from Italian. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A place name:; One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A place name:; A town and municipality in Carabobo state, Venezuela. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A place name:; A municipality in Falcón state, Venezuela. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A place name:; A municipality in Mérida state, Venezuela. countable, uncountable

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"Performing before more than 700 children, the company of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival delivers early lines from one of the Bard's last plays, the dark comedy, The Tempest. American children are not known for their attention spans, but the youngsters sit spellbound as the Magician Prospero and his daughter Miranda argue the fate of the Prince and his shipmates."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From the Romance (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian habitational surname) Miranda. The common noun and verb are after the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), after Ernesto Miranda.

Related phrases

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