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Milanese

Milanese

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A person from the city of Milan in northern Italy
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪləˈniːz/
: milanés
  • They were at first collected by the famous Father Resta, a Milanese of the oratory of Philippo Neri at Rome; a person so well known in Rome and all over Italy for his skill in drawings that it would be needless to say any more of him than that these collections were made by him.

Examples

  • He had a roommate by the name of Gregory Milanese.

  • Of course it was the terrorists—the terrorists of the thirteenth century, fourteenth century, and so on to the present day, the lake having served both as a traditional invasion route for barbarians from the north and a place of refuge for rich Milanese.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • sending the vanguard scrambling back, as did the Milanese accompanying the Swiss.

  • The Milanese installed their own podesta in new porticoed quarters, which allowed them to project the impression of good governance while controlling the subject city.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Your holiness, I regret to inform you of the defeat of your gallant army, and that of your allies the Milanese at Marignano.

  • The apartment belonged to the sister of a man Isabel had seduced when she was in school, many years ago, as she pointed out, and now safely married to a Milanese.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • A year before, Leonardo da Vinci had been called on to paint the Florentine victory over the Milanese at Anghiari in 1441 for the same room.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There were those who claimed that the pope, who was Milanese and a descendant of those who had pushed the Germans out of Lombardy in the Five Days of 1848, was anti-German, but Pius XI denied the accusation.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Writing after the popular insurrections in Milan and Venice and the King of Sardinia's declaration that he would defend the Milanese and the Venetians against Austria, Niles recommended that the United States Mediterranean Squadron be sent to the coasts of Italy.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The Milanese enjoy a rich cultural heritage that includes art, fashion, and cuisine.

Surface Forms

Milanese singular
Milanese plural

Morphology

Milanese = Milan (transparent) = Milan + ese

Standard formation from a place name with '-ese' to indicate a person from that place.

Etymology

Milanese comes from the Italian city name Milan and the ending -ese, which means 'from' and is like Chinese or Japanese. So a Milanese is a person 'from Milan' or someone who lives there.