Miranda
proper nounproper nounnounverbcommon in dialogue
- //mɪˈɹændə//
A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
proper noun
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A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
Admir'd Miranda! Indeed, the top of admiration; worth What's dearest in the world!
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.”
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One of the moons of the planet of Uranus.
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.
A patchwork of cratered terrain and younger, complex formations, Miranda may have been repeatedly shattered by collisions and reassembled by gravity.
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A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
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A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
proper noun
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Spanish.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Portuguese.
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A surname from the Romance languages. A surname from Italian.
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A place name: One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda.
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A place name: A town and municipality in Carabobo state, Venezuela.
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A place name: A municipality in Falcón state, Venezuela.
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A place name: A municipality in Mérida state, Venezuela.
Etymology
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.
noun
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A Miranda warning.
verb
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To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.
Has the suspect been Mirandaed?
Forms
- plural
- Mirandas
- past tense
- Mirandaed
- past participle
- Mirandaed
- present participle
- Mirandaing
- third person singular
- Mirandas
Miranda · A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
Miriam · The sister of Moses and Aaron and the daughter of Amram and…mirror · A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective…miscarriage · A failure; a mistake or error.