Mailand
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German Meilān, from a Vulgar Latin *Meiolano, from Latin Mediolanum. The last syllable was later adapted to the word Land.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mailand n (proper noun, genitive Mailands or (optionally with an article) Mailand)
- Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)
- Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Mailand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Mailand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de