Milan

See also: milan and Milán

English

Etymology 1

From Italian Milano, from Latin Mediōlānum. The lack of the final Italianate vowel suffix -o suggests a borrowing from French Milan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈlæn/
• IPA^(key): /mɪˈlɑːn/

Proper noun

Milan

1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
2. City and capital of the province of Milan.
3. A small city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.
4. A female given name

Derived terms

• milliner
• Milanese

Translations

province

• Armenian: Միլան (Milan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米蘭／米兰 (mai⁵ laan⁴), 米兰 (mai⁵ laan⁴)

  Mandarin: 米蘭／米兰 (zh) (Mǐlán), 米兰 (zh) (Mǐlán)

• Dutch: Milaan (nl) n
• French: Milan (fr) f
• Galician: Milán (gl)
• Georgian: მილანი (ka) (milani), მილანის პროვინცია (milanis ṗrovincia)
• German: Mailand (de)
• Hindi: मिलान (hi) m (milān)
• Italian: Milano (it)
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• Ladin: Milan
• Macedonian: Мила́но n (Miláno)
• Marathi: मिलान (milān)
• Polish: Mediolan (pl)
• Portuguese: Milão f
• Russian: Мила́н (ru) m (Milán)
• Spanish: Milán (es)
• Swedish: Milano (sv)
• Tagalog: Milan (tl)

city and capital

• Arabic: مِيلَانُو m (milānū)
• Armenian: Միլան (Milan)
• Bulgarian: Милано (Milano)
• Catalan: Milà
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米蘭／米兰 (mai⁵ laan⁴), 米兰 (mai⁵ laan⁴)

  Mandarin: 米蘭／米兰 (zh) (Mǐlán), 米兰 (zh) (Mǐlán)

• Czech: Milán (cs) m
• Danish: Milano
• Dutch: Milaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: Milano
• Estonian: Milano
• Finnish: Milano (fi)
• French: Milan (fr) f
• Galician: Milán (gl)
• Georgian: მილანი (ka) (milani)
• German: Mailand (de)
• Greek: Μιλάνο (el) n (Miláno)
• Hebrew: מילנו (Milano)
• Hindi: मिलान (hi) m (milān)
• Hungarian: Milánó (hu)
• Italian: Milano (it) f
• Japanese: ミラノ (Mirano)
• Korean: 밀라노 (millano)
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• Ladin: Milan
• Latin: Mediōlānum n
• Latvian: Milāna f
• Lithuanian: Milanas m
• Macedonian: Мила́но n (Miláno)
• Marathi: मिलान (milān)
• Norwegian: Milano m
• Old English: Mæġelan
• Old Norse: Meilansborg f, Meilangsborg f, Melansborg f
• Persian: میلان (Milân)
• Polish: Mediolan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Milão f
• Romanian: Milano
• Russian: Мила́н (ru) m (Milán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Милано m

  Roman: Milano (sh) m

• Slovak: Miláno m
• Slovene: Milano (sl) m
• Spanish: Milán (es) m
• Swedish: Milano (sv)
• Tagalog: milan
• Turkish: Milano (tr)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] .

Proper noun

Milan

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin.

Translations

male given name

• Czech: Milan (cs) m
• Hungarian: Milán (hu)
• Macedonian: Милан m (Milan)
• Marathi: मिलान (milān)
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• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Милан m

  Roman: Milan m

See also

• Milano

Anagrams

• Liman, Linam, Malin, lamin, liman

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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Milan

1. Milan

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪlan]

Proper noun

Milan m

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

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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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.lɑ̃/

Proper noun

Milan f

1. Milan (province, city)

Anagrams

• malin

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈlaːn]
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Milan m (genitive Milanes or Milans, plural Milane)

1. kite (bird)

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Italian

Proper noun

Milan m

1. The AC Milan football team

See also

• Inter

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Milan m (Cyrillic spelling Милан)

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Milan

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɫan/

Proper noun

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

1. a male given name.

Declension

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

• “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