English Explanatory Dictionary

Oberon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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. 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. A general purpose programming language and operating system descended from Modula-2, developed in the late 1980s.

Pronunciation

/ˈoʊbərɒn/

Word forms

Oberon 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.

Derived words

Oberonian

Translations

Marathi: ओबेरॉन Russian: Оберо́н
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