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.

Example Sentences

Another player who could see action is Santi Giménez, the AC Milan forward, who has been recovering from an injury and played only 10 minutes against South Korea.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Robert previously worked as a business editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris, a roaming Latin American correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires in Miami anda reporter for Bloomberg News in Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Italy's health ministry declared a red heatwave alert in 16 cities on Wednesday, including Milan and Rome.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

The defender joined Paris St-Germain from Inter Milan in 2021, and has won 13 pieces of silverware during his time at the club - including back-to-back Champions League titles in the past two seasons.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Occasional excursions to Milan or Paris or London.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern