Miró

[ mee-roh; Spanish mee-raw ]

/ miˈroʊ; Spanish miˈrɔ /

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noun

Ga·bri·el

[gah-vree-el], /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/, 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.

Jo·an

[hoh-ahn, hwahn], /hoʊˈɑn, ʰwɑn/, 1893–1983, Spanish painter.

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Words nearby Miró

Miriam, Mirim, mirin, mirk, mirliton, Miró, miromiro, Mirren, mirror, mirror ball, mirror canon

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How to use Miró in a sentence

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.
Miro's Old Art is Still Contemporary|Blake Gopnik|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
SWELL, a show co-curated by Nye and Jacqueline Miro, attempts to balance that.
Awesome Surf Art|Brian Thomas Gallagher|July 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Ross vied for a monumental Joan Miro towering over five feet high but dropped out of the bidding.
London Auctions|Brook Mason|June 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Above is the inscription: Tantoque exsultat alumno; and below: Miro naturæ investigatori socio quond.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V|Various

I deciphered every secret letter that touched my hand from you to Miro and Carondelet, and from them to you.
A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable
Isque canhi megé: Dexa, ò quita, yo y miro; esto es: Dexame, miro yo tambien.
A Vocabulary or Phrase Book of the Mutsun Language, Spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California|Father Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta
It may be added that Miro traversi is not pure black, but of a somewhat brownish slaty black.
Extinct Birds|Walter Rothschild
Miro was leaving by his private Service flier at once for Ganymede, to await him.
Pirates of the Gorm|Nat Schachner

British Dictionary definitions for Miró (1 of 2)

miro

/ (ˈmiːrɒ) /

noun plural miro

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

Word Origin for miro

Māori

British Dictionary definitions for Miró (2 of 2)

Miró

/ (Spanish miˈro) /

noun

Joan (xwan). 1893–1983, Spanish surrealist painter

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