Miranda

See also: miranda

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈɹændə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ændə

Etymology 1

Miranda as the ice-covered moon of planet Uranus

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

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. 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!
  2. 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.
  3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), from the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian habitational surname Miranda of Ernesto Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. (law enforcement) A Miranda warning

Verb

Miranda (third-person singular simple present Mirandas, present participle Mirandaing, simple past and past participle Mirandaed)

  1. (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

  1. Miranda

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]
  2. Miranda; one of the moons of Uranus

Etymology 2

From Spanish Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. a surname from Spanish

Etymology 3

From MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. (colloquial) a Miranda warning

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miranda, based on Latin miranda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmiˈrɑn.daː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda f

  1. Miranda

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧ran‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin miranda.[1]

Proper noun

Miranda m or f

  1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower or belvedere
  2. a toponymic surname
Derived terms

Proper noun

Miranda f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Miranda
  2. Miranda (moon of Uranus)

References

  1. Miranda” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈɾanda/ [miˈɾãn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Proper noun

Miranda ?

  1. A state of Venezuela

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /miˈɾanda/ [mɪˈɾan.dɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜇ)

  1. a surname from Spanish, notably the surname of:
    Chito Miranda, songwriter and lead singer 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.

Turkish

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. (astronomy) Miranda
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