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

Founding Father Alexander Hamilton met a kindred spirit in Caracas-born Francisco de Miranda, who fought for both the American and French revolutionary causes.

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Hamilton, eyeing the region’s natural resources to support his vision of an industrialized U.S., proposed backing Miranda with American troops and a British fleet.

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As for Miranda, he died in a Spanish prison, his dream of a united Latin American republic dying with him.

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Miranda wanted to lead a Latin American revolution, and create from Spain’s former colonies a grand republic of Colombia stretching from Cape Horn to California.

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Miranda wanted to lead a Latin American revolution, and create from Spain’s former colonies a grand republic of Colombia stretching from Cape Horn to California.

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