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

In a briefing released last week, the authors noted that three types of tourist levy exist across the G7 primary cities – Paris, Munich, Milan, Toronto, New York, and Tokyo.

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He set up his own label in 1979, Paul Costelloe Collections, and presented collections at London Fashion Week, as well as in Paris, Milan and New York.

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Among other investments, RedBird owns the Italian football team AC Milan.

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The Milan prosecutor's office has not disclosed at what stage the case is at nor responded to AFP's requests for information.

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Later, while modeling in Milan, I met Amy Smart, who was modeling and looking to move into acting.

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