Milan

American  

[mi-lan, -lahn] / mɪˈlæn, -ˈlɑn /

noun

1. an industrial city in central Lombardy, in northern Italy.

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Milan British  

/ mɪˈlæn /

noun

1. Italian name: Milano.  Latin name: Mediolanum.  a city in N Italy, in central Lombardy: Italy's second largest city and chief financial and industrial centre; a centre of the Renaissance under the Visconti and Sforza families. Pop: 1 256 211 (2001)

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Milan Cultural  

1. Capital of the Lombardy region in northern Italy; since the Middle Ages, an international commercial, financial, and industrial center.

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Milan is a center for fashion and design.

Its landmarks include the opera house La Scala and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses a famous fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper.

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Milan Dwimfo runs a jewelry and gift store named after its founder, Sika, who was her late father and a Leimert Park pioneer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

In July, they traveled to Milan and Cote d’Azur and stayed in the French countryside, where Novack took acting classes over the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

That’s already pushed more high-end tourist spending to the likes of Paris and Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

"I want to think how I can be ready now, to help my team to win the game against Inter Milan and to start the Champions League in a good way."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

It was a hot summer and I knew many people in Milan but always was anxious to get back home to the hospital as soon as the afternoon was over.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway