MIRANDA


Meaning of MIRANDA in English

/mi ran"deuh/ ; also for 1, 4, Sp. /mee rddahn"dah/ , n.

1. Francisco de /frddahn sees"kaw dhe/ , 1750-1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.

2. Astron. a moon of the planet Uranus.

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

4. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning "to be admired."

adj.

5. Law. of, pertaining 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 his or her rights to remain silent and to have legal counsel.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .