Miranda

Miranda (late latin Miranda meaning to be admired at  or "watchtower", "vantage point"). Miranda is also a family name and a female given name. It may also refer to:

 People 
Miranda Hart (born 1972), British actress and comedienne
Miranda Krestovnikoff (born 1973), British television presenter
Miranda Richardson (born 1958), British actress 

 Literature 
Miranda (Shakespeare),  the daughter of Duke Prospero in William Shakespeare's The Tempest
Miranda (novel), a novel by Antoni Lange written in 1924
Miranda Cornielle, a character in the webcomic User Friendly
Miranda Priestly, a character in the novel and movie The Devil Wears Prada

 Geography 
Australia
Miranda, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
Brazil
Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, a town in the Mato Grosso do Sul state of Brazil named for sitting on a river of the same name
Colombia
Miranda, Cauca, a town in Cauca province
Italy
Miranda, Italy, a city in the province of Isernia
New Zealand
 Miranda, New Zealand, historical fort and small village in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand, best known as the location of the Miranda Shorebird Centre
Portugal
Miranda do Corvo, town and municipality
Miranda do Douro, a municipality
Terra de Miranda, the historical name of a mesa in northeastern Portugal
Spain
Belmonte de Miranda, also called Miranda in Asturian language, a municipality in Asturias
Miranda de Arga, town and municipality in northern Spain
Miranda de Ebro, an industrial city in the Burgos province of Spain
Venezuela
Miranda (state), one of the twenty-three states of Venezuela
United States
Miranda, California, a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California

 In biology 
 The scientific name for the yellow garden spider is Miranda aurantia
 Miranda herba another name for the pitcher plant Nepenthes distillatoria

 Other uses 
Miranda (moon), a moon of Uranus
Miranda (programming language), a functional programming language
Miranda IM, an open source multiprotocol instant messaging application for Microsoft Windows
Miranda Camera Company, a former Japanese camera manufacturer which ceased operations in 1976
Miranda House, a residential college for women, forming part of Delhi University, India
 Miranda Do Douro language, see Mirandese language spoken in parts of Portugal
 Miranda railway station in Sydney, Australia
 A character from British science fiction television series Doctor Who
 Miranda (TV series), British television series