Milan

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolanaburg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city.

• (General American):
  • (city in Italy): IPA^(key): /mɪˈlɑn/, /mɪˈlæn/
  • (locations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Tennessee): IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlɪn/
  • (locations in Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio): IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈlæn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Milan

2. A city in northern Italy; capital of Lombardy.
3. A metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy, the province surrounding the city.
4. Ellipsis of AC Milan, the Italian city's football club/soccer team.
5. A female given name.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Dodge County and Telfair County, Georgia.
   2. A township in DeKalb County, Illinois.
   3. A village in Rock Island County, Illinois.
   4. A township in Allen County, Indiana.
   5. A town in Franklin township and Washington township, Ripley County, Indiana.
   6. Former name of Old Milan, Ripley County, Indiana.
   7. A city in Sumner County, Kansas.
   8. A neighbourhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
   9. A city in Monroe County and Washtenaw County, Michigan.
   10. A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
   11. A city in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
   12. A city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Missouri.
   13. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire
   14. A village in Cibola County, New Mexico.
   15. A town in Dutchess County, New York.
   16. A village in Erie County and Huron County, Ohio.
   17. A township in Erie County, Ohio.
   18. Former name of Mercer, Mercer County, Ohio.
   19. A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
   20. An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.
   21. An unincorporated community in the town of Johnson, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

• Milano (Italianate); Mediolanum (historical)

Borrowed from Slavic.

Milan

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

• Liman, Linam, Malin, lamin, liman

• “Milan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Milan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Milan, n1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Milan

1. Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪlan]

Milan m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Milan
2. (slang) beer belly, beer gut

Milan m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Milan: Milansson
• daughter of Milan: Milansdóttir

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Milan
Accusative	Milan
Dative	Milani
Genitive	Milans

• IPA^(key): /mi.lɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Milan f

1. Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

• malin

Milan

1. Milan

• milanês

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.lan], [miˈlaːn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Borrowed from French milan.

Milan m (strong, genitive Milanes or Milans, plural Milane)

1. kite (bird)

Milan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans)

1. a male given name from the Slavic languages

• “Milan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Milan m

1. the AC Milan football/soccer team

• Inter

• Milàn, Milà
• Mileun, Milaun (old Lombard)

Inherited from Latin Mediolānum.

• (lmo-W) IPA^(key): /miˈlaːn/, [miˈlɑ̃ː(ŋ)], [miˈlãː(ŋ)]
  • (archaic) IPA^(key): /miˈraːn/, [miˈɾɑ̃ː(ŋ)]
• (lmo-E) IPA^(key): /miˈlaː/, [miˈlaː]

Milan m

1. Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

• milanes

Derived from Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.lan/
• Rhymes: -ilan
• Syllabification: Mi‧lan

Milan m pers (female equivalent Milena)

1. (rare) a male given name, equivalent to English Milan

• Milan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /mǐlan/

Mìlan m (Cyrillic spelling Мѝлан)

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɫan/

Milan m pers

1. a male given name

• “Milan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024