Miranda

Miranda (late latin Miranda meaning to be admired at or "watchtower", "vantage point"). Miranda is also a family name and a female given name. It may also refer to:

People

• Miranda Hart (born 1972), British actress and comedienne
• Miranda Krestovnikoff (born 1973), British television presenter
• Miranda Richardson (born 1958), British actress

Literature

• Miranda (Shakespeare), the daughter of Duke Prospero in William Shakespeare's The Tempest
• Miranda (novel), a novel by Antoni Lange written in 1924
• Miranda Cornielle, a character in the webcomic User Friendly
• Miranda Priestly, a character in the novel and movie The Devil Wears Prada

Geography

Australia

• Miranda, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney

Brazil

• Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, a town in the Mato Grosso do Sul state of Brazil named for sitting on a river of the same name

Colombia

• Miranda, Cauca, a town in Cauca province

Italy

• Miranda, Italy, a city in the province of Isernia

New Zealand

• 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

Portugal

• Miranda do Corvo, town and municipality
• Miranda do Douro, a municipality
• Terra de Miranda, the historical name of a mesa in northeastern Portugal

Spain

• Belmonte de Miranda, also called Miranda in Asturian language, a municipality in Asturias
• Miranda de Arga, town and municipality in northern Spain
• Miranda de Ebro, an industrial city in the Burgos province of Spain

Venezuela

• Miranda (state), one of the twenty-three states of Venezuela

United States

• Miranda, California, a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California

In biology

• The scientific name for the yellow garden spider is Miranda aurantia
• Miranda herba another name for the pitcher plant Nepenthes distillatoria

Other uses

• Miranda (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Miranda (programming language), a functional programming language
• Miranda IM, an open source multiprotocol instant messaging application for Microsoft Windows
• Miranda Camera Company, a former Japanese camera manufacturer which ceased operations in 1976
• Miranda House, a residential college for women, forming part of Delhi University, India
• Miranda Do Douro language, see Mirandese language spoken in parts of Portugal
• Miranda railway station in Sydney, Australia
• A character from British science fiction television series Doctor Who
• Miranda (TV series), British television series

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