Milan

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. Doublet of Milano.

• (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/

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• Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Milan

2. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy.

   Alternative form: Milano

4. A metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan.

   Alternative form: Milano

5. (historical) A former province of Lombardy.

   Alternative form: Milano

6. Ellipsis of AC Milan, the Italian city's football club/soccer team.
7. A female given name.
8. 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.

• Milano (Italianate); Mediolanum (historical)

Borrowed from Slavic.

Milan

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

• Liman, Linam, Malin, lamin, liman

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

Milan

1. Milan (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪlan]

Milan m anim

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

Milan m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

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

• IPA^(key): /mi.lɑ̃/

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Milan f

1. Milan (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan)

• malin

Milan

1. Milan (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan)

• milanês

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːla(ː)n/, (for the bird less often also) /miˈlaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

18th century, borrowed from French milan.

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

1. kite (bird of prey)

From Czech Milan, Slovene Milan, etc.

Milan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans or (with an article) Milan)

1. a male given name from the Slavic languages, popular in the late 20th century

From Italian Milan, itself from Lombard.

Milan n (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans or (with an article) Milan)

1. (sports slang) synonym of AC Mailand

• “Milan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Milan m

1. the AC Milan football/soccer team

• Inter

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

Inherited from Latin Mediolānum.

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

Milan m

1. Milan (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy)
2. Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Milan)

• milanes

Derived from Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

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

Milan m pers (female equivalent Milena)

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

• Milan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /mǐlan/

Mìlan m anim (Cyrillic spelling Мѝлан)

1. a male given name

• “Milan”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɫan/

Milan m pers

1. a male given name

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /míːlan/

Mȋlan m anim

1. a male given name

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Milan
gen. sing.	Milana
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Milan	Milana	Milani
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Milana	Milanov	Milanov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Milanu	Milanoma	Milanom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Milana	Milana	Milane
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Milanu	Milanih	Milanih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Milanom	Milanoma	Milani

• “Milan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025