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Milan Pronunciation
Milan is pronounced MY-lan, IPA /ˈmaɪˌlæn/.
MY-lan
US /ˈmaɪˌlæn/
Syllables: MY · lan (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
proper noun: The city in northern Italy, said muh-LAHN in English, and also a surname and several American towns that keep the older MY-lan reading.
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Two Ways to Say Milan
The pronunciation changes with the meaning or the part of speech. The form above is the most common; the others are:
- the Italian city and its football clubs: /məˈlɑn/ (muh-LAHN)
Milan in a Sentence
- We changed trains in Milan on the way to Venice.
- Milan hosts one of the biggest furniture fairs in the world.
- She teaches at a small college outside Milan, Michigan.
Common Mispronunciations of Milan
Not MEE-lan
The Italian name is Milano, and the ee of that first syllable leaks into the English form. English uses a weak uh there instead.
Not MY-lan (for the Italian city)
That reading is correct for the towns in Tennessee and Michigan and for the surname, but the Italian city takes the beat at the end.
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