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Milan

American  
[mi-lan, -lahn] / mɪˈlæn, -ˈlɑn /

noun

  1. an industrial city in central Lombardy, in northern Italy.


Milan British  
/ mɪˈlæn /

noun

  1. Italian name: Milano.  Latin name: Mediolanum.  a city in N Italy, in central Lombardy: Italy's second largest city and chief financial and industrial centre; a centre of the Renaissance under the Visconti and Sforza families. Pop: 1 256 211 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Milan Cultural  
  1. Capital of the Lombardy region in northern Italy; since the Middle Ages, an international commercial, financial, and industrial center.


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Milan is a center for fashion and design.

Its landmarks include the opera house La Scala and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses a famous fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper.

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CEO Milan Nedeljkovic said BMW would "adapt our current structures and processes to the drastic downturn in market conditions".

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

After a ripping start to his last season with the Italian club AC Milan, Pulisic struggled with injury and form to finish the campaign as he slumped into the five-month goal drought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The years before his next World Cup in 2002 were blighted by a serious knee injury, Ronaldo barely featuring for Inter Milan or Brazil and his inclusion at the tournament in doubt.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Pulisic at his finest is definitely not bang-average, and he had a brilliant year for AC Milan in Italy — but it was last year, and in 2026 he virtually disappeared.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

He appears before the Milan court with a silver lyre shaped like a horse’s skull.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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