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. Doublet of Mediolanum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɪˈlæn/, /mɪˈlɑːn/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Proper noun

Milan

  1. The capital city of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Sullivan County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A female given name
  5. The AC Milan football team.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Slavic.

Proper noun

Milan

  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Translations

See also

Anagrams

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

  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

Friulian

Proper noun

Milan

  1. Milan

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 uncommon, see notes.

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

Lombard

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

Etymology

From Latin Mediolānum.

Pronunciation
  • (western) IPA(key): /miˈlaːn/, [miˈlɑ̃ː(ŋ)], [miˈlãː(ŋ)]
    • (archaic) IPA(key): /miˈraːn/, [miˈɾɑ̃ː(ŋ)]
  • (eastern) IPA(key): /miˈlaː/, [miˈlaː]

Proper noun

Milan m

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

Polish

Etymology

From Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

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

Proper noun

Milan m pers (feminine 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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • 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 (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 Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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