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miranda

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name/mɪˈɹændə/
  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

    One of the moons of the planet of Uranus.countableuncountable

    • 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.
  3. 3

    A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.countableuncountable

name/mɪˈɹændə/
  1. 1

    A surname from the Romance languages.; A surname from Spanish.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    A surname from the Romance languages.; A surname from Portuguese.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    A surname from the Romance languages.; A surname from Italian.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    A place name:; One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda.countableuncountable

  5. 5

    A place name:; A town and municipality in Carabobo state, Venezuela.countableuncountable

  6. 6

    A place name:; A municipality in Falcón state, Venezuela.countableuncountable

  7. 7

    A place name:; A municipality in Mérida state, Venezuela.countableuncountable

noun/mɪˈɹændə/
  1. 1

    A Miranda warning.

verb/mɪˈɹændə/
  1. 1

    To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.transitive

    • Has the suspect been Mirandaed?

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