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

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.

Derived terms

• Oberonian

Translations

name

• Russian: Оберо́н m (Oberón)

moon of Uranus

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

Anagrams

• Borneo, booner