Mailand

German

Alternative forms

Mayland (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German Meilān, from a Vulgar Latin *Meiolano, from Latin Mediolanum. The last syllable was later adapted to the word Land.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯lant/
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Hyphenation: Mai‧land

Proper noun

Mailand n (proper noun, genitive Mailands or (optionally with an article) Mailand)

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

Derived terms

Mailänder
mailändisch

Further reading

“Mailand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Mailand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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