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MILANESE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Milanese mean?
• MILANESE (noun)
The noun MILANESE has 1 sense:
1. a native or inhabitant of Milan
Familiarity information: MILANESE used as a noun is very rare.
• MILANESE (adjective)
The adjective MILANESE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people
Familiarity information: MILANESE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Milan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Milanese" is a kind of...):
Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)
Holonyms ("Milanese" is a member of...):
Milan; Milano (the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Milan (the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages)
Context examples
She was not her child, but the daughter of a Milanese nobleman.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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