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

In a second case in Milan, prosecutors said Aventall had made payments "of an allegedly corrupt nature" to Enviro Pacific Investments - the company which lent the money for the Sunninghill purchase.

From BBC

The C130 transport plane was due to land first at Milan Linate airport in neighbouring Italy late Monday, from where four coffins will be transferred to Milan itself, Bologna and Genoa, Italian authorities said.

From Barron's

Milan move two points ahead of Inter Milan who host Bologna on Sunday with third-placed Napoli at Lazio.

From Barron's

The couple met at 2024 Milan Fashion Week and began texting shortly after.

From Los Angeles Times

She described her nephew, who is enrolled in an art school in Milan, as a beautiful boy and an excellent painter.

From BBC