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

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolanaburg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, 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): /ˈmaɪlɪn/
  • (locations in Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio): IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈlæn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Proper noun

Milan

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

Synonyms

• Milano (Italianate); Mediolanum (historical)

Derived terms

• Milan cabbage
• Milanese
• milliner
• Old Milan

Translations

major Italian city

• Arabic: مِيلَانُو m (Milānū)

  Hijazi Arabic: ميلانو f (mīlānu), ميلان f (Mīlān)

• Armenian: Միլան (Milan)
• Bulgarian: Милано (Milano)
• Catalan: Milà
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米蘭／米兰 (mai⁵ laan⁴)

  Mandarin: 米蘭／米兰 (zh) (Mǐlán)

• Corsican: Milanu m
• Czech: Milán (cs) m
• Danish: Milano
• Dutch: Milaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: Milano
• Estonian: Milano
• Farefare: Milan
• Finnish: Milano (fi)
• French: Milan (fr) f
• Friulian: Milan
• Galician: Milán (gl)
• Georgian: მილანი (ka) (milani)
• German: Mailand (de) n, Mayland n (obsolete)
• Greek: Μιλάνο (el) n (Miláno)
• Hebrew: מילנו (Milano)
• Hindi: मिलान (hi) m (milān)
• Hungarian: Milánó (hu)
• Indonesian: Milan
• Italian: Milano (it) f
• Japanese: ミラノ (Mirano)
• Korean: 밀라노 (millano)
• 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
• Ottoman Turkish: میلان (Milan), میلان شهری (Milan Şehri)
• 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

• Sicilian: Milanu m
• Slovak: Miláno m
• Slovene: Milano (sl) m
• Spanish: Milán (es) m
• Swedish: Milano (sv) n
• Tagalog: Milan (tl)
• Turkish: Milano (tr)

province

• Armenian: Միլան (Milan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米蘭／米兰 (mai⁵ laan⁴)

  Mandarin: 米蘭／米兰 (zh) (Mǐlán)

• Corsican: Milanu m
• 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)
• Indonesian: Milan
• Italian: Milano (it) f
• Ladin: Milan
• Macedonian: Мила́но n (Miláno)
• Marathi: मिलान (milān)
• Polish: Mediolan (pl)
• Portuguese: Milão f
• Russian: Мила́н (ru) m (Milán)
• Sicilian: Milanu m
• Spanish: Milán (es)
• Swedish: Milano (sv) n
• Tagalog: Milan (tl)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Slavic.

Proper noun

Milan

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Translations

male given name

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

  Cyrillic: Милан m

  Roman: Milan m

Anagrams

• Liman, Linam, Malin, lamin, liman

References

• “Milan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Milan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Milan, n1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Milan f

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

Anagrams

• malin

Friulian

Proper noun

Milan

1. Milan

Related terms

• milanês

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.lan], [miˈlaːn]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French milan.

Noun

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

1. kite (bird)

Declension

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

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

• Inter

Lombard

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Mediolānum.

Pronunciation

• (lmo-W) IPA^(key): /miˈlaːn/, [miˈlɑ̃ː(ŋ)], [miˈlãː(ŋ)]
  • (archaic) IPA^(key): /miˈraːn/, [miˈɾɑ̃ː(ŋ)]
• (lmo-E) IPA^(key): /miˈlaː/, [miˈlaː]

Proper noun

Milan m

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

Related terms

• milanes

Polish

Etymology

Derived 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

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

• Milan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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	-

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɫan/

Proper noun

Milan m anim

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