Miranda

American  

[mi-ran-duh, mee-rahn-dah] / mɪˈræn də, miˈrɑn dɑ /

noun

1. Francisco de 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.

2. Astronomy. a moon of the planet Uranus.

3. the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

4. a given name: from a Latin word meaning “to be admired.”

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adjective

1. Law. of, relating to, or being upheld by the Supreme Court ruling (Miranda v. Arizona, 1966) requiring law-enforcement officers to warn a person who has been taken into custody of their rights to remain silent and to have legal counsel.

   He was read his Miranda rights, placed under arrest, and transported to the jail.

   Service officers must read the Miranda warning to an arrested person before asking them any investigative questions.

Miranda ¹ British  

/ mɪˈrændə /

noun

1. one of the larger satellites of the planet Uranus

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Miranda ² British  

/ miˈranda /

noun

1. Francisco de (franˈsisko de). 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionary, who planned to liberate South and Central America from Spain. A leader (1811–12) of the Venezuelan uprising, he surrendered to Spain and died in prison

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Example Sentences

The Westclox Siesta was advertised in the 1930s as having a second, “more insistent” alarm that went off 10 minutes after the first one, according to Miranda Marraccini, head librarian of the Horological Society of New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team calculated that on smaller icy moons, including Saturn's Mimas and Enceladus, as well as Miranda orbiting Uranus, the pressure drop could be significant enough to reach the triple point, the condition at which ice, liquid water, and water vapor can exist together.

From Science Daily

Images of Miranda taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft reveal enormous ridges and steep cliffs known as coronae.

From Science Daily

Two-year-old Marigold is an Irish Setter who lives in Blean, near Canterbury, with Miranda Pellecchia and her family.

From BBC

Miranda, 42, said she could not believe her eyes when "pup after pup kept appearing", adding: "We thought it would never stop."

From BBC