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Milan

See also: milan and Milán

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 Milan (disambiguation) on Wikipedia
 
Milan (red dot) and Lombardy (shaded) in Italy
 
Milan proper (red) within the "metropolitan city" or province of Milan (gold) in Lombardy

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

  • (General American) IPA(key): (Ital. city) /məˈlɑn/, /məˈlæn/, /mɪˈlæn/, /mɪˈlɑːn/, (MI & TN cities, IN & NY towns, & IL village) /ˈmaɪlɪn/, (GA, MN, & MO cities & OH village) /ˈmaɪlən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mᵻˈlan/ obsolete or nonstandard characters (ᵻ), invalid IPA characters (ᵻ), /mɪˈlæn/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Proper noun edit

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 edit

From Slavic.

Proper noun edit

Milan

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

Azerbaijani edit

Proper noun edit

Milan

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

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Milan m anim

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

Declension edit

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese edit

Proper noun edit

Milan m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes edit

Patronymics

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

Declension edit

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Milan
Accusative Milan
Dative Milani
Genitive Milans

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Milan f

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

Anagrams edit

Friulian edit

Proper noun edit

Milan

  1. Milan

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German edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French milan.

Noun edit

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

  1. kite (bird)
Declension edit
Declension of Milan [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Milan die Milane
genitive eines des Milanes, Milans der Milane
dative einem dem Milan, Milane1 den Milanen
accusative einen den Milan die Milane

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2 edit

Proper noun edit

Milan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans)

  1. a male given name from the Slavic languages

Further reading edit

  • “Milan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian edit

 
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Proper noun edit

Milan m

  1. the AC Milan football/soccer team

See also edit

Lombard edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Mediolānum.

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Milan m

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

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Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Milan m pers (female equivalent Milena)

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

Declension edit

Declension of Milan
singular plural
nominative Milan Milanowie
genitive Milana Milanów
dative Milanowi Milanom
accusative Milana Milanów
instrumental Milanem Milanami
locative Milanie Milanach
vocative Milanie Milanowie

Further reading edit

  • Milan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Proper noun edit

Milan m (Cyrillic spelling Милан)

  1. a male given name

Declension edit

Declension of Milan
singular plural
nominative Milan -
genitive Milana -
dative Milanu -
accusative Milana -
vocative Milane -
locative Milanom -
instrumental Milanu -

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

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

  1. a male given name

Declension edit

Declension of Milan
singular plural
nominative Milan Milanovia
genitive Milana Milanov
dative Milanovi Milanom
accusative Milana Milanov
locative Milanovi Milanoch
instrumental Milanom Milanmi

Further reading edit

  • “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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