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Definition: Milano |
MilanoNoun1. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Milano" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This is about the Italian city of Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation).
Milan (Milano in the Italian language, from Latin, mediolanum with the meaning of 'in the middle of the plain') is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, one of the most developed Italian regions. It has about 1.3 million inhabitants, but the urban area totals about 4 million. It is the capital of the region and is by some defined as the economic capital of Italy. It has for many centuries been recorded as Mailand, which is still the German name of the city today.
The town is famous for fashion firms and shops (via Montenapoleone) and the traditional sweet cake called Panettone.
Commerce and Industry
Milan is the centre of many financial businesses, and its hinterland is an avant-garde industrial area.
Famous companies in Milan:
- Alfa Romeo
- Motta
- Alemagna
- Pirelli
Culture and Sport
Milan is the most important town in the world for Opera lirica, with its famous Teatro alla Scala (La Scala, theatre). The city is also the home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.The main monuments and museums include the Gothic cathedral (the famous Duomo di Milano), the Romanesque church of Sant' Ambrogio (St. Ambrose, patron saint of the city), the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (where the Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper fresco is located), the Sforza Castle, the Brera Museum, the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum and the Central Station.
The city is home to two of the most famous soccer teams in the world, Milan A.C and Internazionale Milano F.C, and the famous Monza Formula 1 circuit is located in the suburbs.
Transport
Milan has a large international airport known as Malpensa International Airport, which is located in Varese, Italy.It also has the Linate Airport in the actual city limits, and the Orio al Serio International Airport in Bergamo, Italy, for Europe traffic.
History
It is presumed it was originally founded by the Celts of Northern Italy around 600 BC and was conquered by the Romans around 222 BC, who gave it the name of Mediolanum. In the 4th century A.D., at the time of the bishop Saint Ambrose and emperor Theodosius I, the city became the capital of the Western Roman Empire for a short time.After the Ostrogothic and Lombard periods, the city re-gained its importance in the 11th century and led other Italian cities in gaining semi-independence from the Holy Roman Empire. During the Plague of 1349 Milan is one of the few places in Europe that was not touched by the epidemic. During the Renaissance Milan was ruled by dukes of the Visconti and Sforza families, who had artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Bramante at their service. After trying to conquer the rest of northern Italy in the 15th century, Milan was conquered by France, and then by Spain, in the early 16th century.
In the 18th century Austria replaced Spain as Milan's overlord, but after the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars the city became one of the main centres of Italian nationalism, reclaiming independence and the unification of Italy.
In 1859 (after the second of the Italian independence wars) Austrian rule was ended by kingdom of Sardinia (which transformed into kingdom of Italy in 1861).
Twinning
Milan is twinned with Birmingham, England.External links
- The official website of the city council
- An unofficial site
- some quick facts about Milano
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Milan."
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MILAN (Missile d'infanterie Legere Antichar, French for Light infantry anti-tank missile) is a European anti-tank guided missile.
History
MILAN is a Franco-German missile that has been license-built in the UK, Spain and India.
Characteristics (for MILAN 2)
- Primary Function: man-portable anti-tank missile
- Contractor:
- Power Plant: solid-fuel rocket
- Length: 918 mm
- Diameter: 125 mm
- Wing Span: 267 mm
- Launch Weight: 6.73 kg
- Speed: 200 m/s
- Warhead: shaped-charge HEAT warhead with 1.79 kg of explosive, capable of penetrating up to 1000 mm RHA
- Range: 400 - 2000 m
- Fuzes: ?
- Guidance: SACLOS wire guided
- Unit Cost: ?
- Date deployed: ?
- Users: In service with 41 countries.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "MILAN."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Milano is a city located in Milam County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 400.Geography
Milano is located at 30°42'33" North, 96°51'48" West (30.709190, -96.863420)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.51% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 400 people, 151 households, and 112 families residing in the city. The population density is 79.2/km² (205.3/mi²). There are 192 housing units at an average density of 38.0/km² (98.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 82.00% White, 11.75% African American, 2.00% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 3.50% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 11.50% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 151 households out of which 36.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% are married couples living together, 14.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% are non-families. 23.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.65 and the average family size is 3.13. In the city the population is spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $28,750, and the median income for a family is $37,292. Males have a median income of $30,417 versus $19,107 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,771. 17.8% of the population and 14.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 23.0% are under the age of 18 and 9.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Milano, Texas."
Synonym: MilanoSynonym: Milan (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Milano |
| Non-English Usage: "Milano" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Esperanto (Milan), Finnish (Milan), Italian (Milan), Serbo-Croatian (milan), Swedish (Milan). |
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Screenplays | Since I took over as President our profits have been higher than Alyssa Milano. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Milano rovente (1973) Le Cinque giornate di Milano (1970) Banditi a Milano (1968) Super rapina a Milano (1964) I Soliti rapinatori a Milano (1961) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | La Sentenza data a qvelli che hanno avelenato molte persone in Milano l'an 1630. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Francesco Luigi Fanzago / Giuseppe Cornienti dis. Milano Lith. di P. Bertotti. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Milano. Cortile del Palazzo Brera. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Milano. Adamo (sulla cattedrale). Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Milano Portici di Piazza del Duomo / edni. Brogi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Avanti! : quotidiano Socialista esce in Milano. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vivere a Milano : 15 documenti fotografici per 15 manifesti. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Milano. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Banditi a Milano : basta con gli affitti da rapina : le case occupate non si toccano. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Peace" by Michele Migliarini Commentary: "Corteo per la pace a milano 22/03/2003." | "Img02" by Francesco Poroli Commentary: "Milano." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Italy | For information about trade fairs at Fiera Milano (www.fmi.it), the large international trade fair site in Europe, firms can contact Fiera Milano's U.S. representative for information by calling 1-800 524-2193. They can also contact the U.S. Commercial Service in Milan at +39-02-659-2260. Fiera Milano organizes an extensive variety of international shows each year, and the U.S. Department of Commerce participates in some of these events. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Milano" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 63.64% of the time. "Milano" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 63.64% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 27.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Milano" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Milano | Last name | 2,000 | 6,428 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Italy | Banca Popolare di Milano |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Milano, TX (city, FIPS 48336) |
Expression using "Milano": milano rib. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "Milano": half-milano. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Milano"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | milano-rib-binding (milano rib). (various references) | |
Dutch | milano rib (milano rib). (various references) | |
Finnish | Milanon kestomakkara (Milano salami). (various references) | |
French | milano (milano rib), salami de Milan (Milano salami). (various references) | |
German | Milano-Rib-Bindung (milano rib), Rechts/Rechts/Gekreuzt mit Schlauch (milano rib). (various references) | |
Greek | σαλάμι Μιλάνου (Milano salami), μιλάνο ρίμπ (milano rib). (various references) | |
Italian | nervatura milano (milano rib). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ilanomay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | milano rib (milano rib). (various references) | |
Russian | милан. (various references) | |
Spanish | punto de milano (milano rib). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: oilman. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-n-o" | |
-1 letter: aloin, amino, amnio, liman. | |
-2 letters: amin, anil, lain, lima, limn, limo, lino, lion, loam, loan, loin, mail, main, mano, milo, mina, moan, moil, mola, nail, naoi, noil, noma. | |
-3 letters: ail, aim, ain, ami, ani, ion, lam, lin, man, mil, moa, mol, mon, nam, nil, nim, nom, oil. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, am, an, in, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: alimony, lampion, limacon, loaming, malison, nominal. | |
+2 letters: binomial, complain, flamingo, foilsman, formalin, gloaming, gnomical, informal, laconism, laminose, laminous, lampions, limacons, magnolia, malisons, mandolin, manifold, mannitol, manorial, melanoid, monaxial, monomial, monorail, moonsail, morainal, motional, nominals, olibanum, palimony, palomino, prolamin, salmonid, semolina. | |
+3 letters: abdominal, alimonies, almonries, aluminous, amylopsin, anabolism, anomalies, atonalism, binomials, bromelain, clamoring, cobalamin, complains, complaint, compliant, demonical, denominal, dominical, emotional, emulation, flamingos, foraminal, formalins, gamboling, gloamings, laconisms, laminator, magnolias, malathion, mandoline, mandolins, manifolds, mannitols, medaillon, medallion, melanoids, melanotic, melatonin, monodical, monomials, monorails, moonsails, nemophila, nominally, nonanimal, nonfamily, normalise, normality, normalize, olibanums, ovalbumin, palmation, palominos, policeman, polyamine, prolamine, prolamins, salmonids, salmonoid, semitonal, semolinas, slaloming, spoilsman, trinomial, volcanism, womanlier, womanlike. | |
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