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My understanding - but I could be wrong - is that the local name of Milan through history only became Milano recently.


The latin name was Mediolanum. Apparently it comes from Celtic Medhelan, in the middle of the plain, and it should be a common name also on the northern side of the Alps (any French person can confirm?). I googled a bit to find when the name switched from Latin to Italian with no success. You could check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Milan but I suggest to give a look at the Italian version of the page with more maps, if you're interested in that sort of things.


> I googled a bit to find when the name switched from Latin to Italian with no success.

That isn't the kind of thing that happens at a particular point in time. It's a process that takes hundreds of years.


I was thinking about the name in Lombard - Milan - which is the same name used in some other European languages. But I don’t know when Italian became the main language in the region.


Just like the name in the local language is also the one used across Europe for Turin - by the way.




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