Milan

See also: milan and Milán

English

Milan (red dot) and Lombardy (shaded) in Italy
Milan proper (red) within the "metropolitan city" or province of Milan (gold) in Lombardy

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Milan

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

From Slavic.

Proper noun

Milan

  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
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References

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Milan

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

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪlan]

Proper noun

Milan m anim

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

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese

Proper noun

Milan m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

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

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Milan
Accusative Milan
Dative Milani
Genitive Milans

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.lɑ̃/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Milan f

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

Anagrams

Friulian

Proper noun

Milan

  1. Milan

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmiː.lan], [miˈlaːn]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French milan.

Noun

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

  1. kite (bird)
Declension

Proper noun

Milan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans)

  1. a male given name from the Slavic languages

Further reading

  • Milan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Proper noun

Milan m

  1. the AC Milan football/soccer team

See also

Lombard

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin Mediolānum.

Pronunciation

  • (western) IPA(key): /miˈlaːn/, [miˈlɑ̃ː(ŋ)], [miˈlãː(ŋ)]
    • (archaic) IPA(key): /miˈraːn/, [miˈɾɑ̃ː(ŋ)]
  • (eastern) IPA(key): /miˈlaː/, [miˈlaː]

Proper noun

Milan m

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

Polish

Etymology

From Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Milan m pers (female equivalent Milena)

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

Declension

Further reading

  • Milan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Milan m (Cyrillic spelling Милан)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɫan/

Proper noun

Milan m anim (genitive singular Milana, nominative plural Milanovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Further reading

  • 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, 2024
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