Mailand

German

Alternative forms

• Mayland (obsolete)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯lant/

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• Hyphenation: Mai‧land

Proper noun

Mailand n (proper noun, genitive Mailands or (optionally with an article) Mailand)

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

Related terms

• Mailänder
• mailändisch

Further reading

• “Mailand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Mailand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de