Milan

[mi-lan, -lahn]

noun

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

Milan

/ 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)

Milan

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

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

“There’s a disconnect between the real world in terms of what things cost nationwide and average inflation,” Milan noted.

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Now, more than 40 years later, the U.S. has hatched a plan to end its gold medal drought at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

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“He needs to perform every single week and every single game in a place like Milan.”

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A decade ago, a judge in Milan's Palace of Justice was shot and killed by a man on trial in a bankruptcy case.

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Portsmouth said they are "mourning the loss" of Mandaric and the "thoughts of everyone at the club are with Milan's family and friends at this sad time".

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