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

Fincantieri shares in Milan gained more than 12% on Monday after the announcement of deals, which are expected to contribute more than 60 million euros to the group’s net profit this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

The cave examined in this study had previously been identified by Juan Almonte Milan, curator of paleobiology at the Dominican Republic's Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, as an exceptionally rich fossil deposit.

From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026

Russian figure skaters Adeliia Petrosian and Petr Gumennik were cleared to compete with neutral status in Milan and both finished sixth in their events.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Across Italy from north to south, 25 cities were placed on a red heatwave alert on Tuesday, including the capital, Milan, Turin, Venice, Florence and Naples, as temperatures neared 40C.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

There was still racing in Milan and the war could not be much worse.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway