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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For 35-year-old hair dresser Yannay Miranda, like many of the parents of Cuba's 1.4 million pupils, the challenges of getting ready for the new year began long before Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Former US president Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, US actor Rachel Zegler, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and pop star Billie Eilish were also among the high-profile names who have paid tribute to Hansard.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The 49-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star purchased the home for just $2.5 million in 2011, when he was still married to supermodel Miranda Kerr, whom he split from in 2013.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

That musical’s writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned the songs for the 2016 film alongside Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina; dutifully reprised here, they remain basically persuasive works of Disney pop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

But I also decided that even though Miranda is practically a perfect person, I was not in a hurry to stay with her again.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney