Miranda

See also: miranda

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈɹændə/

Etymology 1

Miranda

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

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. A female given name.
    • ~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.
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Etymology 2

MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), from a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian habitational surname.

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. 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
  2. Miranda; one of the moons of Uranus

Etymology 2

From Spanish Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. (colloquial) a Miranda warning

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Miranda ?

  1. Miranda

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.ˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

Proper noun

Miranda f

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /miˈɾanda/, [miˈɾãn̪d̪a]

Proper noun

Miranda ?

  1. A surname.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /miˈɾanda/

Proper noun

Miranda

  1. A surname, notably the surname of:
    Chito Miranda, singer-songwriter and lead member 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.

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