Miranda

Meaning

1. A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A municipality in Falcón state, Venezuela.
3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
4. To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.
5. A surname from the Romance languages.
6. A surname from Italian.
7. A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
8. A surname from Portuguese.
9. One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda.
10. A place name:
11. A surname from Spanish.
12. A Miranda warning.
13. One of the moons of the planet of Uranus.
14. A town and municipality in Carabobo state, Venezuela.

Etymology / origin

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

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