Miranda may refer to:

Law

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Miranda v. Arizona ''Miranda v. Arizona'', 384 U.S. 436 (1966), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts prosecutors from using a person's statements made in response to ...

'', an American legal case * ''Miranda'' warning, an American police warning given to suspects about their rights, before they are interrogated

Places

Australia

Miranda, New South Wales Miranda () is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is known as a commercial centre for the southern suburbs. Miranda is 24 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the Sutherland ...

Miranda railway station Miranda railway station is located on the Cronulla line, serving the Sydney suburb of Miranda. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 line services. History Miranda station opened on 16 December 1939 when the Cronulla line opened from Sutherla ...

, New South Wales

Portugal

Miranda do Corvo Miranda do Corvo () is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Coimbra, with an area of and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants. History The first reference to the region of Miranda do Corvo arrived at the end of the 10th cen ...

, a ''município'' in Coimbra District, Centro * Miranda do Douro (parish), a ''freguesia'' in Bragança District, Norte *

Miranda do Douro Miranda do Douro () or Miranda de l Douro in Mirandese () is a city and a municipality in the district of Bragança, northeastern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,482, in an area of 487.18 km². The town proper had a population of 1,9 ...

, a ''município'' in Bragança District, Norte *

Terra de Miranda Terra de Miranda ("Land of Miranda") (''Tierra de Miranda'' in Mirandese, ''Terras de Miranda'' in Portuguese) is the historical name of a 500 km² mesa in northeastern Portugal, lying on the border of Spain. It used to be an administrative di ...

, a plateau in Bragança District, Norte

Spain

* Miranda (Avilés), a parish of Avilés, Asturias *

Belmonte de Miranda Belmonte de Miranda ( Asturian: ''Miranda'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Salas, on the east by Grado, to the south by Somiedo and Teverga, and on the west ...

, Asturias *

Miranda de Arga Miranda de Arga ( eu, Miranda Arga) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado). ...

, Navarre *

Miranda de Ebro Miranda de Ebro (Spanish: iˈɾan̪da ðe ˈeβɾo is a city on the Ebro river in the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located in the north-eastern part of the province, on the border with the prov ...

, Castile and Leon * , in

Los Rábanos Los Rábanos is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_m ...

, in the Province of Soria, Castile and Leon * Miranda del Castañar, in the Province of Salamanca, Castile and Leon

United States

Miranda, California Miranda (formerly Jacobsen's) is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located northwest of Phillipsville, at an elevation of . The ZIP Code is 95553. The population was 520 at the 2010 census. The name Miranda was ...

* Miranda, South Dakota

Venezuela

Miranda (state) Miranda State ( es, link=no, Estado Miranda, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Ind ...

Francisco de Miranda Municipality, Anzoátegui Francisco de Miranda is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population o ...

* Francisco de Miranda, in

Guárico ) , anthem = '' Himno del Estado Guárico'' , image_map = Guarico in Venezuela.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location within Venezuela , pushpin_map = , pushpin_map_a ...

* Francisco de Miranda, in

Táchira Táchira State ( es, Estado Táchira, ) is one of the 24 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal. Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,908. At the end of the 19t ...

* Miranda, Carabobo *

Miranda Municipality, Falcón Miranda is a municipality in Falcón State, Venezuela. The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Miranda Municipality" for independence hero Francisco de Miranda Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March ...

Miranda Municipality, Mérida Miranda is one of the 23 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 22,879.h ...

* Miranda, in Trujillo * Miranda, in

Zulia Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. I ...

Other places

Château Miranda Château Miranda ( en, Miranda Castle), also known as Château de Noisy ( en, Noisy Castle) was a 19th-century neo-Gothic castle in Celles, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, in the region of the Ardennes. As of October 2017, the château h ...

, a former castle in Belgium *

Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul Miranda is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paul ...

, Brazil *

Miranda, Cauca Miranda is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. History It was on May 7, 1899 when Don Julio Fernández Medina founded the city, since then the community mixed among Afro-Descendant, Indigenous people, Mulatto (, ...

, Colombia *

Güinía de Miranda Güinía de Miranda, sometimes shortened as ''Güinía'', is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Manicaragua, in Villa Clara Province. It has a population of circa 3,000 and the council ...

, Cuba *

Miranda, Molise Miranda is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso and about north of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,065 and an area of .All demographi ...

, Italy * Miranda, New Zealand *

Plaza Miranda Plaza Miranda is a public square bounded by Quezon Boulevard, Hidalgo Street and Evangelista Street in Quiapo, Manila. It is the plaza which fronts the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church), one of the main churches of the City ...

, Philippines

Solar system

Miranda (moon) Miranda, also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory in Texas, and named after Miranda from William Shakespeare ...

, a moon orbiting Uranus

Arts and entertainment

Films and television

* ''Miranda'' (1948 film), a film about a mermaid by English director Ken Annakin * ''Miranda'' (1985 film), a film by Italian director Tinto Brass * ''Miranda'' (2002 film), a film by British director Marc Munden * ''Miranda'' (TV series), a British television series * Miranda, a country in the French film ''

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (french: Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel from a screenplay co-written with Jean-Claude Carrière. The narrative concerns a group of bourgeois people ...

'' * Miranda Sings, a television and social media comedy character portrayed by American comedian Colleen Ballinger

Literature

* Miranda (''The Tempest''), a character from the Shakespeare play ''The Tempest'' * ''Miranda'' (novel), a novel by Polish writer Antoni Lange

Music

* "Miranda", a song by

Phil Ochs Philip David Ochs (; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and ...

on his 1967 album ''

Pleasures of the Harbor ''Pleasures of the Harbor'' is Phil Ochs' fourth full-length album and his first for A&M Records, released in 1967. It is one of Ochs's most somber albums. In stark contrast to his three albums for Elektra Records which had all been folk music, ' ...

'' *

Miranda! Miranda! is an Argentine electropop band formed in 2001. Original band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming), and since 2003, Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). It is c ...

, an Argentine electropop band * Miranda (group), a French Eurodance group with the frontwoman Sandra Miranda García *

Miranda (Colombian singer) Lady Diana Cardona Miranda (Bello, Antioquia, Colombia, November 20, 1984), better known as Miranda, is a Colombian singer. At 27 years old she appeared in the first season of Colombian musical competition La Voz Colombia, and was part of Team ...

, Colombian singer, winner of ''La Voz Colombia'' * ''Miranda'' (album), an album by Icelandic band Tappi Tíkarrass

Organisations

* Miranda Camera Company, a Japanese camera manufacturer * Miranda House, Delhi, a college for women at the University of Delhi, India * Miranda Naturalists' Trust, a New Zealand conservation organisation

Technology

Miranda (programming language) Miranda is a lazy, purely functional programming language designed by David Turner as a successor to his earlier programming languages SASL and KRC, using some concepts from ML and Hope. It was produced by Research Software Ltd. of England ...

, a computer programming language *

Miranda (satellite) Miranda, also known as X-4, is a British satellite in low Earth orbit. The satellite was launched in March 1974 as an engineering test bed of technologies in orbit. Miranda was named after a character in the Shakespeare play '' The Tempest'', ...

, a British satellite in low earth orbit *

VRSS-1 VRSS-1 (Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite-1), also known as (Satellite) Francisco Miranda, is the first Venezuelan remote sensing satellite, and the second Venezuelan satellite after VENESAT-1. It will be used to study the territory of Venezue ...

, second Venezuelan satellite in low earth orbit, named after Francisco de Miranda *

Miranda NG Miranda NG is an open-source multiprotocol instant messaging application, designed for Microsoft Windows. Miranda NG is free software distributed under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later. History In May 2012 Miranda IM was forked to Miranda NG (New Ge ...

, a computer software instant messaging client based on Miranda IM

People

Miranda (given name) Miranda is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration". There are several variants. People * Miranda (born 1984), Colombian singer, winner of ''La Voz Colombia'' * Miranda Carter (born 1965), English writer and biograp ...

, includes list of real and fictional people with given name Miranda * Miranda (surname), includes list of people with surname Miranda *

Miranda (footballer, born 1984) João Miranda de Souza Filho (born 7 September 1984), known as Miranda, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Having begun his career at Coritiba, Miranda spent the 2005–06 season with Sochaux in France ...

, Brazilian footballer, currently at São Paulo, played for Brazil national team *

Miranda (footballer, born 1998) Guilherme dos Santos Rodrigues (born 9 May 1998), commonly known as Miranda, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusi ...

, Brazilian footballer, currently at Covilhã *

Miranda (footballer, born 2000) Matheus dos Santos Miranda (born 19 January 2000), commonly known as Miranda, is a Brazilian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are asso ...

, Brazilian footballer, currently at Vasco da Gama *

Miranda Hart Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972) is an English actress and writer. Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Hart began writing material for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making appearances in va ...

(born 1972), English comedian and actress, sometimes mononymously referred to as Miranda

Other uses

* Miranda station (Caracas), a station of on the Los Teques Metro line of the Caracas Metro in Venezuela * Miranda station (Valencia), a metro station in Valencia * ''Miranda'' (ship), two merchant ships * HMS ''Miranda'', three ships of the British Royal Navy

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