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Milan

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//mɪˈlæn//
  • //mɪˈlɑn//
  • //mɪˈlæn//
  • //ˈmaɪlɪn//
  • //ˈmaɪlən//

A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy.

  2. 2

    A metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan.

  3. 3

    historicalA former province of Lombardy.

  4. 4

    A female given name.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Dodge County and Telfair County, Georgia.

  6. 6

    A number of places in the United States: A township in DeKalb County, Illinois.

  7. 7

    A number of places in the United States: A village in Rock Island County, Illinois.

  8. 8

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Allen County, Indiana.

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    A number of places in the United States: A town in Franklin township and Washington township, Ripley County, Indiana.

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    A number of places in the United States: Former name of Old Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.

  11. 11

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Sumner County, Kansas.

  12. 12

    A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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    A number of places in the United States: A city in Monroe County and Washtenaw County, Michigan.

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    A number of places in the United States: A township in Monroe County, Michigan.

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    A number of places in the United States: A city in Chippewa County, Minnesota.

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    A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Missouri.

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    A number of places in the United States: A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.

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    A number of places in the United States: A village in Cibola County, New Mexico.

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    A number of places in the United States: A town in Dutchess County, New York.

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    A number of places in the United States: A village in Erie County and Huron County, Ohio.

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    A number of places in the United States: A township in Erie County, Ohio.

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    A number of places in the United States: Former name of Mercer, Mercer County, Ohio.

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    A number of places in the United States: A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.

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    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.

  25. 25

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Johnson, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

  26. 26

    Variant of AC MilanEllipsis of AC Milan, the Italian city's football club/soccer team.

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.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic.

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