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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Over dinner with her parents in Milan, she checked the account for the first time in a few days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Then came the 2026 Winter Games in Milan, where both Frankel’s star and her Caesar account truly took off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Over the last decade, hundreds of homes have burned down near the outer limits of Lisbon, Milan and other European cities, including scores this summer outside Madrid and Athens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Goretzka was in concrete talks with AC Milan at one point, but that fell apart.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

He has enough on his mind, and in Milan, that mind is on fire.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day