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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The former AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal striker signed from Barcelona for £10.3m on the final day of the summer transfer window - just days before Tuchel's sacking.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Inter Milan are interested in signing Argentina defender Cristian Romero, 28, from Tottenham.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Shares dropped more than 7% to 47.70 euros in morning trading in Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The evolution of the 51-year-old, who also played for AC Milan and Paris St-Germain before retiring in 2013, was perhaps best symbolised this summer on Hollywood Boulevard.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

In Milan, Leonardo is commissioned to sculpt a statue of a horse, a tribute to the duke’s father.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day