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Oberon en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈoʊbərɒn/

Etymology

Earlier Auberon, from Old French Alberon, partial loan translation from Middle High German Alberich, literally ‘elf king, fairy king’, from alp + -rich << Proto-Germanic *rīks.

Meanings

  1. A fictional character in medieval and Renaissance literature, the king of the fairies, appearing for example in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  2. (qualifier:moons) The outermost major moon of Uranus.
  3. A town and local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A minor city in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.
  5. (qualifier:operating systems) A general purpose programming language and operating system descended from Modula-2, developed in the late 1980s.

Forms

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Auberon alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Oberonian

Translations (12)

fr Obéron (moon of Uranus) · es Oberón (moon of Uranus) · mr ओबेरॉन (moon of Uranus) · mr ओबेरॉन (name) · ko 오베론 (moon of Uranus) · pl Oberon (moon of Uranus) · it Oberon (moon of Uranus) · ja オベロン (moon of Uranus) · ru Оберо́н (name) · de Oberon (moon of Uranus) · ru Оберо́н (moon of Uranus) · ca Oberó (moon of Uranus)