Oberon

See also: Oberón

English

Alternative forms

(literal character): Auberon

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoʊbərɒn/

Proper noun

Oberon

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.
(astronomy, moons) The outermost major moon of Uranus.
A town in New South Wales, Australia.
A city and town in North Dakota.
(computing, operating systems) A general purpose programming language and operating system descended from Modula-2, developed in the late 1980s.

Derived terms

Oberonian

Translations

name

Marathi: ओबेरॉन (oberŏn)
Russian: Оберо́н m (Oberón)

moon of Uranus

French: Obéron (fr)
German: Oberon m
Italian: Oberon
Japanese: オベロン (ja) (Oberon)
Marathi: ओबेरॉन m (oberŏn)
Polish: Oberon (pl) m
Russian: Оберо́н m (Oberón)
Spanish: Oberón

Anagrams

Borneo, booner

Turkish

Proper noun

Oberon

(astronomy) Oberon
Oberon (a city in North Dakota).

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