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Oberon

  • /ˈoʊbərɒn/

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Auberon

  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.

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РусскийОберо́н Oberón

name moon of Uranus

EspañolOberón
한국어오베론 Oberon
日本語オベロン Oberon
FrançaisObéron
DeutschOberon
ItalianoOberon
РусскийОберо́н Oberón

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MLA

"Oberon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oberon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Oberon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oberon

Chicago

"Oberon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oberon.

BibTeX
@misc{oberon_2026,
  title = {Oberon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oberon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}