Margaret

Margaretname/ˈmɑːɡɹɪt/

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  A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  • Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the king; But I will rule both her, the king, and realm.
  • Margaret, Marguerite - the pearl! the daisy! Oh name of romance and of minstrelsy, which brings the days of chivalry to mind, and the worship of flowers and ladies fair!
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  A river in southwestern Western Australia, presumed named for a cousin of John Garrett Bussell, founder of Busselton. See Margaret River.

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  A river in Kimberley region, Western Australia, named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law. See Margaret River.

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  astronomynatural-sciencesA moon of Uranus, named for a character in Much Ado About Nothing.

  • Astronomers discovered nine small moons lying outside the orbit of Oberon (Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, and Ferdinand) between 1997 and 2003.
  • The odd one out is Margaret, which travels in a "normal" prograde direction, though it has the most eccentric orbit of all the Uranian satellites.