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

• Marathi: ओबेरॉन (oberŏn)
• Russian: Оберо́н m (Oberón)

moon of Uranus

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

Anagrams

• Borneo, bore on, booner, Oborne

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oberon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈbɛ.rɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɔn
• Syllabification: O‧be‧ron

Proper noun

Oberon m pers

1. (astronomy) Oberon (outermost major moon of Uranus)

Declension

Declension of Oberon

	singular	plural
nominative	Oberon	Oberoni/Oberony (deprecative)
genitive	Oberona	Oberonów
dative	Oberonowi	Oberonom
accusative	Oberona	Oberonów
instrumental	Oberonem	Oberonami
locative	Oberonie	Oberonach
vocative	Oberonie	Oberoni

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• Oberon in PWN's encyclopedia

Turkish

Proper noun

Oberon

1. (astronomy) Oberon
2. Oberon (a city in North Dakota).