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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Miranda

Miranda Keith, a supervisor in Quest’s microbiology laboratory in Lenexa, Kansas, took a break from her supervisory duties last week to work 10-hour shifts examining stool samples at the company’s St. Louis lab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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

Simon and Miranda Allard had to get permission to hold an interfaith ceremony in her parent's garden when they got married 40 years ago...

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Miranda writes another good track here but holds it back for the closing credits as it’s fan service that doesn’t fit into the plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Miranda, Miranda....Yolanda leans over and gets her aunt's list out of the glove compartment, and sure enough, there they are.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez