Mediolanum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mediolānum, of uncertain Gaulish origin. Doublet of Milan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/, /ˌmɛdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪdioʊˈlɑnəm/, /ˌmɛdioʊˈlɑnəm/
• enPR: mā'dēōläʹnəm, med'ēōläʹnəm

Proper noun

Mediolanum

1. (historical) The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mediolānium, MD

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish *medios (“middle, central”, from Proto-Celtic *medyos) + *lānom (“plain, field”), therefore meaning “in the middle of a plain”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.di.oˈlaː.num/, [mɛd̪iɔˈɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.di.oˈla.num/, [med̪ioˈläːnum]

Proper noun

Mediolānum n sg (genitive Mediolānī); second declension

1. Milan (a city in modern Italy)
2. Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (a city in modern France)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mediolānum
genitive	Mediolānī
dative	Mediolānō
accusative	Mediolānum
ablative	Mediolānō
vocative	Mediolānum
locative	Mediolānī

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Μεδιόλᾱνον (Mediólānon)
  • Greek: Μεδιόλανο (Mediólano)
• → German: Mailand
• Italian: Milano
  • → Arabic: مِيلَانُو (mīlānō)
  • → Catalan: Milà
  • → French: Milan
    • → English: Milan
      • → Chinese: 米蘭／米兰 (Mǐlán)
  • → Greek: Μιλάνο (Miláno)
  • → Japanese: ミラノ (Mirano)
  • → Portuguese: Milão
  • → Russian: Мила́н (Milán)
  • → Spanish: Milán
• →⇒ Italian: mediolanità
• Lombard: Milan, Miran, Milà
• → Polish: Mediolan