Oberon
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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
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
Translations
moon of Uranus
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
Oberon
- (astronomy) Oberon
- Oberon (a city in North Dakota).