Miranda
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Miranda is a female given name of Latin origin meaning "to be admired" or "wonderful". It may also refer to:
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[edit] Art
- Miranda Silvergren, a Swedish psytrance artist and producer
- Juan Carreño de Miranda, a Spanish painter (1614-1685)
[edit] Astronomy
- Miranda (moon), a moon of Uranus
[edit] Film
- Miranda (1948 film), a 1948 British comedy/fantasy film starring Glynis Johns
- Miranda (1985 film), a 1985 Italian film directed by Tinto Brass
- Miranda (2002 film), a 2002 film starring Christina Ricci
- Carmen Miranda, a Portuguese-Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star, popularly known for wearing fruit headdresses
- Miranda Cosgrove, an American actress
- Miranda Otto, an Australian film and theatre actress
- Miranda Richardson, an Academy Award-nominated English actress
- Miranda, a fictional Latin American country in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
[edit] Television
- Miranda Hart, a British comedy actress and writer.
- Miranda Sanchez, a character from the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire.
- Miranda Wright, a character from the Disney Channel series Bonkers.
- Miranda Hobbes, a character from the HBO series Sex in the City.
[edit] Law
- Miranda v. Arizona, a landmark 1966 United States Supreme Court case, which stated that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police
- Miranda warning, a police warning that is given to criminal suspects in police custody in the United States before they are asked questions relating to the commission of crimes
- Ernesto Miranda, defendant and appellant of Miranda v. Arizona
[edit] Literature
- Miranda (Shakespeare), the daughter of Duke Prospero in William Shakespeare's The Tempest
- Miranda (1874 novel), an 1874 novel written by Antonio Fogazzaro
- Miranda (1960 novel), a 1960 novel written by Hilda Kay Grant
[edit] Music
- Miranda (Tappi Tíkarrass), the first album of the Icelandic band Tappi Tíkarrass, released in 1983
- "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore," a song by The Mars Volta on the album, Frances the Mute
- Miranda!, an Argentine electropop band, formed in 2001
[edit] People
- Francisco de Miranda, a South American revolutionary who is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar and other revolutionaries
- Edison "Pantera" Miranda, a professional boxer from Colombia
- João Bernardo de Miranda, an Angolan politician and diplomat
- Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter
- Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, Mexican clergyman
[edit] Places
- Belmonte de Miranda, also called Miranda in Asturian language, a municipality in Asturias, Spain
- Miranda (state), one of the twenty-three states of Venezuela
- Miranda, California, a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California
- Miranda, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
- Miranda, New Zealand, historical fort and small village in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand, best known as the location of the Miranda Shorebird Centre
- Miranda de Ebro, an industrial city in the Burgos province of Spain
- Miranda do Douro, a municipality in Portugal
- Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, a town in the Mato Grosso do Sul province of Brazil named for sitting on a river of the same name
- Miranda, Cauca, a town in Cauca province, Colombia
- Miranda, Italy, a city in the province of Isernia
- Terra de Miranda, the historical name of a mesa in northeastern Portugal
[edit] Science fiction
- Miranda class starships, a ship class in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Miranda (Doctor Who), a fictional character from the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel series, which was a spin-off of the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who
- Miranda, a planet featured in the science fiction film Serenity
- Miranda Keyes, a fictional character and ship commander in the Halo series.
[edit] Other uses
- Miranda Camera Company, a former Japanese camera manufacturer which ceased operations in 1976
- Miranda Cornielle, a character in the webcomic User Friendly
- Miranda House, a residential college for women, forming part of Delhi University, India
- Miranda Naturalists' Trust, a New Zealand conservation organisation
- Miranda IM, an open source multiprotocol instant messaging application for Microsoft Windows
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