Miranda

Miranda as the ice-covered moon of planet Uranus

Meanings

Proper Noun

A female given name from Latin.
One of the moons of Uranus.
CDP Humboldt County (county) California (state) US (country).
A Miranda warning

Verb

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

Origin

Invented by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus.
MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), from a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian habitational surname.

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