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Oberon
OH-buh-ron
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The king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature, notably in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; also the outermost major moon of Uranus.
"Oberon and Titania quarrel throughout the play over a changeling boy."
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Etymology
From Old French Alberon, a partial loan translation of Middle High German Alberich, meaning "elf king."