English Explanatory Dictionary

Milan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan.
  3. A former province of Lombardy.
  4. Ellipsis of AC Milan, the Italian city's football club/soccer team.
  5. A female given name.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A city in Dodge County and Telfair County, Georgia.
  8. A township in DeKalb County, Illinois.
  9. A village in Rock Island County, Illinois.
  10. A township in Allen County, Indiana.
  11. A town in Franklin township and Washington township, Ripley County, Indiana.
  12. Former name of Old Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.
name
  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈlɑn/ /mɪˈlæn/ /ˈmaɪlɪn/ /ˈmaɪlən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Milan.wav

Word forms

Milan

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.

Synonyms

Milano Mediolanum

Related words

Milano

Derived words

Milan cabbage Milanese milliner Old Milan Pier Milan

Translations

Arabic: مِيلَانُو Arabic: ميلانو Arabic: ميلان Armenian: Միլան Bulgarian: Милано Catalan: Milà Chinese Cantonese: 米蘭 /米兰 Chinese Mandarin: 米蘭 /米兰 Corsican: Milanu Czech: Milán Danish: Milano Dutch: Milaan Esperanto: Milano Estonian: Milano Farefare: Milan Finnish: Milano French: Milan Friulian: Milan Galician: Milán Georgian: მილანი German: Mailand German: Mayland Greek: Μιλάνο Hebrew: מילנו Hindi: मिलान Hungarian: Milánó Indonesian: Milan Italian: Milano Japanese: ミラノ Korean: 밀라노 Ladin: Milan Latin: Mediōlānum Latvian: Milāna Lithuanian: Milanas Macedonian: Мила́но Marathi: मिलान Norwegian: Milano Old English: Mæġelan Old Norse: Meilansborg Old Norse: Meilangsborg Old Norse: Melansborg Persian: میلان Polish: Mediolan Portuguese: Milão Romanian: Milano
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