Milanese

[ mil-uh-neez, -nees for 1–4; mil-uh-ney-zee or, Italian, mee-lah-ne-ze for 5 ]

/ ˌmɪl əˈniz, -ˈnis for 1–4; ˌmɪl əˈneɪ zi or, Italian, ˌmi lɑˈnɛ zɛ for 5 /

a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.

the Italian dialect spoken in Milan.

(lowercase) Textiles.

a run-resistant, warp-knitted fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon used in the manufacture of women's apparel.
a warp-knit structure in which two sets of threads are knitted in an interlocking series forming a crossed diagonal or diamond pattern.
the machine that produces this knit structure.

of, relating to, or characteristic of Milan, Italy, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian.

Italian Cookery.

(especially of meats) coated with flour or bread crumbs and browned in hot oil or butter.
(especially of pasta) having a sauce of tomatoes, mushrooms, grated cheese, shredded meat, and truffles: spaghetti Milanese.

Origin of Milanese

From Italian, dating back to 1475–85; see origin at Milan, -ese

In fact, as Ihrig points out, Mussolini called himself “the Mustafa Kemal of a Milanese Ankara” as he began his own power-grab.

The 20th-Century Dictator Most Idolized by Hitler |William O’Connor |November 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"All the girls at Arcore took photos," Ruby told the Milanese police.

Will Berlusconi Get the Boot? |Barbie Latza Nadeau |November 7, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The Milanese gallery Zero was showing just one piece by a Rumanian artist, Victor Man.

The Coolest Works at Frieze |Anthony Haden-Guest |October 22, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The Milanese are said to be very much opposed to the Institution; at the present time also, there are scarcely thirty pupils.

Louis Spohr's Autobiography |Louis Spohr

The Milanese ladies carried a fan made apparently of feathers, rigid, and bound round in five sections.

History of the Fan |George Woolliscroft Rhead
At it there is a monument to the Milanese martyrs, Protasius and Gervasius.

The City of God, Volume II |Aurelius Augustine
All dreaded the addition of the Milanese to the vast possessions present and reversionary of the young prince.

Europe in the Sixteenth Century 1494-1598, Fifth Edition |A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson
When the work is published without expurgations, as in the Milanese edition.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy |Jacob Burckhardt

Milanese

/ (ˌmɪləˈniːz) /

of or relating to Milan, its people, culture, etc

of a fine lightweight knitted fabric of silk, rayon, etc

the Italian dialect spoken in Milan

plural -ese a native or inhabitant of Milan