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

Joan Miro's “Photo: This is the Color of My Dreams”, from 1925, is up now in the modern rooms of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From The Daily Beast

SWELL, a show co-curated by Nye and Jacqueline Miro, attempts to balance that.

From The Daily Beast

Ross vied for a monumental Joan Miro towering over five feet high but dropped out of the bidding.

From The Daily Beast

Above is the inscription: Tantoque exsultat alumno; and below: Miro naturæ investigatori socio quond.

From Project Gutenberg

I deciphered every secret letter that touched my hand from you to Miro and Carondelet, and from them to you.

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Isque canhi megé: Dexa, ò quita, yo y miro; esto es: Dexame, miro yo tambien.

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It may be added that Miro traversi is not pure black, but of a somewhat brownish slaty black.

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Miro was leaving by his private Service flier at once for Ganymede, to await him.

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