Miró

[ mee-roh; Spanish mee-raw ]

noun

1. Ga·bri·el [gah-v, r, ee-, el], 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
2. Jo·an [hoh-, ahn, hwahn], 1893–1983, Spanish painter.

Miró

¹

/ miˈro /

noun

1. MiróJoan18931983MSpanishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Joan (xwan). 1893–1983, Spanish surrealist painter

miro

²

/ ˈmiːrɒ /

noun

1. a tall New Zealand coniferous timber tree, Podocarpus ferrugineus , with large red fruit

Word History and Origins

Origin of Miró¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Picture Alice Waters in the kitchen with the painter Joan Miró and you get a feel for the creative atmosphere.

From The Daily Beast

Cézanne, Léger, Miró, and Rousseau were among the artists he collected, along with a group of Brancusi sculptures.

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