Oberon

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Oberon

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

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Oberon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈbɛ.rɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɔn
  • Syllabification: O‧be‧ron

Proper noun

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Oberon m pers

  1. (astronomy) Oberon (outermost major moon of Uranus)

Declension

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See also

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Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star Słońce
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkury Wenus Ziemia Mars Ceres Jowisz Saturn Uran Neptun Pluton
Notable
moons
Księżyc Fobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganimedes
Kallisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tetyda
Dione
Rea
Tytan
Japet

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Tytania
Oberon
Tryton Charon

Further reading

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Turkish

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Proper noun

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Oberon

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