What is "milan"

city in northern Italy, Roman Mediolanum, from Gaulish medios "middle" + lanu "plain," in reference to its situation in the Po Valley. Related: Milanese.

MILAN (; , milan(e) is French for kite) is a European anti-tank guided missile. Design of the MILAN started in 1962, it was ready for trials in 1971, and was accepted for service in 1972. It is a wire guided SACLOS (semi-automatic command to line-of-sight) missile, which means the sight of the launch unit has to be aimed at the target to guide the missile. The MILAN can be equipped with a MIRA thermal sight, or MILIS to give it night-firing ability.

Milan is a major city in Italy.

Milan may also refer to:

• Bautek Milan Racer, a German hang glider
• Mercury Milan, an automobile
• "Milan", the code name for the Microsoft PixelSense project's table top computer
• Milan (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Milan Entertainment, an internationally operating record company
• Milan Records, a record label
• SETCA Milan, a French light aircraft

Francisco Milan was a fictional member of the Acolytes in Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #300.

Milan is a 2004 romantic drama film released under Star Cinema, ABS-CBN film productions, in the Philippines. It stars Claudine Barretto and Piolo Pascual. It is a love story written by Raymond Lee, and under Olivia Lamasan's direction. The movie made more than P100 million in the box office.

Milan is a 1967 Hindi film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It was a remake of his hit Telugu film Mooga Manasulu (1963) and was produced by L. V. Prasad. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Jamuna (reprising her role from the original Telugu version), Pran and Deven Varma. The award-winning and very popular music was given by Laxmikant Pyarelal. It is among the earliest films to deal with the theme of reincarnation.

Milan ( Cyrillic: Милан) is a common Slavic male name and, less commonly, an Indian and Roman name. It is derived from the Slavic element mil, with meanings kind, loving, and gracious. Milan was originally a diminutive or nickname for those whose Slavic names began with "Mil-". It is used predominantly by Czechs, Slovaks and Serbs but also frequently in Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Iran, and India. (Hungarian: Milán.) It was in the top 5 names for boys born in Serbia in 2012. It was in the top 20 names for boys born in Slovakia in 2004. It was the eighth most popular name for boys born in the Netherlands in 2007, and seventh in Flanders in 2009.

Milan was a post World War II displaced person camp in the city of Milan, one of the few such camps in a major Italian city. The city also served as the administrative centre for refugees in northern Italy.

The camp housed 1,100 Jewish refugees, many of whom came from Austria along the illegal emigration routes organised by the Bricha. Milan placed more emphasis on education than the nearby Adriatica camp, setting up a secular school and a yeshiva religious school, and sharing kosher beef with the camp at Cremona.

The Milans (Kurdish: Mîlan) are a Kurdish tribe that lives in Kurdistan, the northern regions of West Azarbaijan Province in Iran, around Urmiye, Maku, south of Aras river, with a population of about five million. They are neighbours of Jalali Kurds.

The Milan tribe consists of seven main tribes and of 65 tribals, for a total of 72 tribals. Mir Gazi was their first leader. Mir Gırd Ali beg is their current leader.

Milan is a 1995 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starring Jackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala.

Milan (foaled 8 March 1998), is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in Britain but trained in Ireland. In a career which lasted from October 2000 until May 2002, he ran ten times and won three races. He recorded his most important success when winning the Classic St. Leger Stakes as a three-year-old in 2001. In the same year also won the Great Voltigeur Stakes and finished second in the Breeders' Cup Turf. He was retired after being injured in his only race as a four-year-old.

Milan is an Indian drama television series which aired on Sony TV, starring Rohit Roy and Nattasha Singh.

Milan may refer to:

• Blair Milan (1981–2011), Australian actor and television presenter, son of Lyndey Milan
• Clyde Milan (1887–1953), American baseball player
• Gabriel Milan (c. 1631–1689), governor of the Danish West Indies (later US Virgin Islands)
• Lyndey Milan, Australian media personality
• Milton Milan, American politician convicted for corruption
• Susan Milan, British classical flautist

Milan is a Pakistani drama television series that first aired on See TV and A Plus in 2000. It starred Samina Pirzada, Usman Pirzada, Faisal Rehman, and Iffat Omer.

Milan (Union) is a 1946 Hindi social drama film directed by Nitin Bose. The film starred Dilip Kumar, Mira Misra, Ranjana, Pahari Sanyal and Moni Chatterjee. It was an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali story Nauka Dubi (The Wreck). The screenplay adaptation was done by Sajanikanta Das with dialogues translated into Hindi by Pyare Lal Santoshi. The film's music was composed by Anil Biswas and the lyrics written by Pyare Lal Santoshi and Arzu Lakhnavi.

The story revolves around a young law student who is forced into an arranged marriage though he is in love with somebody else. Following the wedding the drama focuses on the bride's mistaken identity and the search for her husband.