Miranda facts for kids
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:
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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
See also
In Spanish: Miranda para niños
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