Milan

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See also: milan and Milán

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 Milan (disambiguation) on Wikipedia
Milan (red dot) and Lombardy (shaded) in Italy
Milan proper (red) within the "metropolitan city" or province of Milan (gold) in Lombardy

Etymology 1

From Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolanaburg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolana etc., from Latin Mediōlānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): (Ital. city) /məˈlɑn/, /məˈlæn/, /mɪˈlæn/, /mɪˈlɑːn/, (MI & TN cities, IN & NY towns, & IL village) /ˈmaɪlɪn/, (GA, MN, & MO cities & OH village) /ˈmaɪlən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mᵻˈlan/ obsolete or nonstandard characters (ᵻ), invalid IPA characters (ᵻ), /mɪˈlæn/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Proper noun

Milan

  1. A city in northern Italy; capital of Lombardy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy, the province surrounding the city.
  3. Ellipsis of AC Milan, the Italian city's football club/soccer team.
  4. A female given name.
  5. A city in Dodge County and Telfair County, Georgia, United States.
  6. A city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.
  7. A city in Monroe County and Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States.
  8. A city in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.
  9. A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.
  10. A city in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States.
  11. A town in Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
  12. Former name of Old Milan, a town in Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
  13. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
  14. A town in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
  15. A village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.
  16. A village in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.
  17. A village in Erie County and Huron County, Ohio, United States.
  18. Former name of Mercer, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, United States.
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Etymology 2

From Slavic.

Proper noun

Milan

  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Translations

Anagrams

References

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Milan

  1. Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
  2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Milan m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Milan
  2. (slang) beer belly, beer gut

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese

Proper noun

Milan m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Milan: Milansson
  • daughter of Milan: Milansdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Milan
Accusative Milan
Dative Milani
Genitive Milans

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Milan f

  1. Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
  2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

Anagrams

Friulian

Proper noun

Milan

  1. Milan

Related terms

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French milan.

Noun

Milan m (strong, genitive Milanes or Milans, plural Milane)

  1. kite (bird)
Declension
Declension of Milan
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Milan die Milane
genitive eines des Milanes, Milans der Milane
dative einem dem Milan, Milane1 den Milanen
accusative einen den Milan die Milane

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Milan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans)

  1. a male given name from the Slavic languages

Further reading

  • “Milan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Milan m

  1. the AC Milan football/soccer team

See also

Lombard

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Mediolānum.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Milan m

  1. Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
  2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

Related terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

From Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.lan/
  • Rhymes: -ilan
  • Syllabification: Mi‧lan

Proper noun

Milan m pers (female equivalent Milena)

  1. (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Milan

Declension

Declension of Milan
singular plural
nominative Milan Milanowie
genitive Milana Milanów
dative Milanowi Milanom
accusative Milana Milanów
instrumental Milanem Milanami
locative Milanie Milanach
vocative Milanie Milanowie

Further reading

  • Milan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Milan m (Cyrillic spelling Милан)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Milan
singular plural
nominative Milan -
genitive Milana -
dative Milanu -
accusative Milana -
vocative Milane -
locative Milanom -
instrumental Milanu -

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Milan m anim (genitive singular Milana, nominative plural Milanovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Milan
singular plural
nominative Milan Milanovia
genitive Milana Milanov
dative Milanovi Milanom
accusative Milana Milanov
locative Milanovi Milanoch
instrumental Milanom Milanmi

Further reading

  • “Milan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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