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Oberon

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊbərɒn/

Astronomy
Definition of Oberon
  • a satellite of Uranus, the furthest from the planet, which has a heavily cratered surface and was discovered by W. Herschel in 1787 (diameter 1,550 km).

Origin:

from the name of the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Oberon in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Oberon in the US English dictionary
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