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Where does “Milão” come from?

Milão (Portuguese) comes from Italian Milano, from Latin Mediolanum, from Gaulish lānom — plain, field.

Ancestry of “Milão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianMilanoMilan
2LatinMediolanumMilan
3Gaulishlānomplain, field
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