MILANO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Milano mean? 

• MILANO (noun)
  The noun MILANO has 1 sense:

1. the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages

  Familiarity information: MILANO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILANO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Milan; Milano

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Milano"):

Milanese (a native or inhabitant of Milan)

Holonyms ("Milano" is a part of...):

Lombardia; Lombardy (a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland)

 Context examples 

Now, researchers from the University of Cambridge, Politecnico di Milano and IIT- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia have demonstrated that graphene not only shows a good optical response but also how to control the strength of this effect using an electric field.

(Graphene paves the way to faster high-speed communications, University of Cambridge)