Milan

[ mi-lan, -lahn ]

/ mɪˈlæn, -ˈlɑn /

noun

an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.

Examples from the Web for milan

There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.
How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This piece is inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's iconic, Last Supper, which was painted in the late 15th century in Milan, Italy.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism|Dina Goldstein|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The three were living it up at his Arcore villa outside Milan, made famous by his orgiastic Bunga-Bunga parties.
Was Putin’s Midnight Visit to Berlusconi About Bunga Bunga?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I am ready to work from this point on,” Reggiani told a Milan judge this week.
Crime of Fashion: Gucci Killer to Go Free|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Gucci stores displayed silver handcuffs emblazoned with the double G in their store windows in Florence and Milan.
Crime of Fashion: Gucci Killer to Go Free|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two days afterwards, on the 9th of September, I arrived with the commissary at Milan.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
Mr. Sabin, contrary to his usual custom, engaged a private room at the Milan.
The Yellow Crayon|E. Phillips Oppenheim
They travelled in the same compartment from Florence to Milan.
Old People and the Things That Pass|Louis Couperus
A heavy blow at the insurrection in Milan would have extinguished Italian rebellion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848|Various
I fear that in the end I must go up to Milan, where the functionaries will possibly have more hardihood.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)|Edmund Downey

British Dictionary definitions for milan

Milan

/ (mɪˈlæn) /

noun

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)Italian name: Milano (miˈlaːno) Latin name: Mediolanum (ˌmeɪdɪəʊˈlɑːnəm)

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Culture definitions for milan

Milan

[ (mi-lahn, mi-lan) ]

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.

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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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