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.

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All three main indexes on Wall Street chalked up gains Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow hitting records -- while there were also new peaks for Paris, Milan, Frankfurt and Madrid.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The current AC Milan squad is in Australia on a pre-season tour but some first-team players not involved did attend, including USA forward Christian Pulisic.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

McAidoo was a real livewire in the friendly against Inter Milan, coming close to scoring the winner, and the manager was suitably impressed afterwards saying the youngster is the type of winger he "loves".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

She was scheduled to lead NBC’s coverage of the Games in Milan and had been packing for the trip when she learned the news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The next day in the morning we left for Milan and arrived forty- eight hours later.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway