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name
A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
One of the moons of the planet of Uranus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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name
A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Portuguese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname from the Romance languages.
A surname from Italian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A town and municipality in Carabobo state, Venezuela.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A municipality in Falcón state, Venezuela.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A place name:
A municipality in Mérida state, Venezuela.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A Miranda warning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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verb
To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
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.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
