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 

• MILANESE (noun)

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)

• MILANESE (adjective)

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)