Miramar
Encyclopedia
Miramar is a place name of Spanish
origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from mira ("watch") and mar ("sea").
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
Africa
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from mira ("watch") and mar ("sea").
Places
Asia- Miramar, PanajiMiramar, PanajiMiramar is a place in Panaji city in the state of Goa, India. It is the nearest beach to the Goan capital and unarguably the most visited beach of Goa. Hordes of people, mostly tourists, are found every day flocking to this beach...
, Goa
Europe
- Miramar, a hamlet in the commune of Théoule-sur-MerThéoule-sur-MerThéoule-sur-Mer is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*...
, France - Miramar, PortugalMiramar, PortugalMiramar is a small seaside village near the towns of Gulpilhares and Arcozelo ,in municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, in the subregion of Greater Porto, Portugal ....
, a small seaside town in Northern Portugal in the Vila Nova de Gaia municipality, subregion of Greater Porto Area - Miramar, ValenciaMiramar, ValenciaMiramar is a municipality in the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain....
, Spain
North America
- Miramar, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
- Miramar, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
- Miramar, Havana, an upscale district in municipality of Playa, Havana, Cuba
- Miramar, Granma, a town in Granma Province, Cuba
- Miramar, Baja California, a town in the state of Baja California, Mexico
- Miramar, Chiapas, a town in the state of Chiapas, Mexico
- Miramar, Colima, a town in the state of Colima, Mexico
- Miramar, Guerrero, a town in the state of Guerrero, Mexico
- Grand Miramar Club and Spa, a resort in Puerto Vallarta in the state of Jalisco, Mexico
- Miramar, Oaxaca, a town in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico
- Miramar, Sonora, a town in the state of Sonora, Mexico
- Miramar, Tabasco, a town in the state of Tabasco, Mexico
- Miramar, TamaulipasMiramar, TamaulipasMiramar is a city near the southeastern tip of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is the largest city in the municipality of Altamira and a suburb of Tampico. The city had a 2010 census population of 118,614, the seventh-largest community in the state, having passed Río Bravo since the previous...
, a town in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico - Miramar, Yucatán, a town in the state of Yucatán, Mexico
- Miramar, Puerto Rico, a neighborhood of San Juan
- Miramar, San Diego, CaliforniaMiramar, San Diego, CaliforniaMiramar is a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California, USA. It includes residential areas and commercial and light industrial districts....
, a plateau and neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California - Miramar, FloridaMiramar, FloridaMiramar is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city was named after the Miramar district of Havana, Cuba. As of the 2010 census, the population was 122,041...
, a city in Broward County, Florida - Miramar Beach, CaliforniaMiramar Beach, CaliforniaMiramar Beach is a sandy beach in western San Mateo County, California. Miramar Beach is one of the numerous beaches on Half Moon Bay, a Pacific Ocean embayment noted for its surfing and extensive visitation...
Oceania
- Miramar, New ZealandMiramar, New ZealandMiramar is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south-east of the city centre. It is on the Miramar Peninsula, directly east of the isthmus of Rongotai, the site of Wellington International Airport.-History:...
, a suburb of Wellington - The Miramar PeninsulaMiramar PeninsulaThe Miramar Peninsula is a peninsula at the southeastern end of the city of Wellington, New Zealand.The peninsula is 800 hectares and contains the suburbs of Miramar, Maupuia, Strathmore and Seatoun...
, on which the suburb is located
South America
- Miramar, Buenos Aires ProvinceMiramar, Buenos Aires ProvinceMiramar is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires Province, south of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of General Alvarado Partido...
, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina - Miramar, CórdobaMiramar, CórdobaMiramar is a town in San Justo Department, located in Córdoba Province .-Overview:Established on November 18, 1924, with the inauguration by Victorio Rosso of the Hotel Miramar, a health resort, Miramar was the site of a number of mineral spas from its early days, and in 1933, a jitney service was...
, a city in Córdoba Province, Argentina
Africa
- Miramar, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, a suburb within the city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Miramar, Luanda, Angola, is an upper class district of the Angolan capital LuandaLuandaLuanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
.
Landmarks
- Miramar Entertainment ParkMiramar Entertainment ParkThe Miramar Entertainment Park is a shopping mall in the Dazhi area in Zhongshan District of Taipei, Taiwan.The department store also contains an IMAX theatre. With dimensions 28m × 21m, its movie screen is the largest in Asia for showing commercial films...
, a mall located in Taipei, Taiwan - Miramar Palace, in Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
- MiramareMiramareThe Miramare Castle is a 19th century castle on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of Belgium, later Emperor Maximilian I and Empress Carlota of Mexico, to a design by Carl...
(also known as Schloß Miramar), Trieste, Italy, a palace owned by Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico - Marine Corps Air Station MiramarMarine Corps Air Station MiramarMarine Corps Air Station Miramar , formerly Naval Air Station Miramar is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force...
, a military base in San Diego, California, United States - San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego Miramar College is two-year community college located in San Diego, CA, USA. It is administered by the San Diego Community College District.-History:...
, a community college in San Diego, California, United States - California Miramar University, a distance learning institution in San Diego, California
Other uses
- Estación de Miramar (es), station of Port Vell Aerial TramwayPort Vell Aerial TramwayPort Vell Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, crossing Port Vell, Barcelona's old harbour and connecting Montjuïc with Barceloneta.- Description :...
and Montjuïc Aerial TramwayMontjuïc Aerial TramwayMontjuïc Aerial Tramway is an aerial tramway in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- See also :* Port Vell Aerial Tramway, primary aerial tramway in Barcelona...
in BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
(EUEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
) - Miramar, the branding used for builds of Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser...
based on Gecko 2.0, i.e. pre-releases of Thunderbird 3.3 - Miramar (band), a Progressive MetalProgressive metalProgressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band from Central Coast (New South Wales), Australia - Miramar MisionesMiramar MisionesClub Sportivo Miramar Misiones, usually known simply as Miramar Misiones is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club was formed from the merger of two clubs: Miramar and Misiones, in June 1980. As part of the merger, the new strip for the new club was a mixture of those of the...
, a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay - Miramar (novel)Miramar (novel)Miramar is a novel authored by Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning author. It was written in 1967 and translated into English in 1978.-Plot summary:...
, 1967 novel written by Naguib MahfouzNaguib MahfouzNaguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie... - Miramar Hotel and InvestmentMiramar Hotel and InvestmentMiramar Hotel and Investment Company Limited is a hotel chain company in Hong Kong. Its core businesses include property rental and development, hotel operation and management, travel services and food & beverage services...
, a Hong Kong hotel chain company - Teatro Miramar, a once grand theatre in Havana, Cuba
- Miramar Ski Club, a New York City based not-for-profit Club founded in 1949 with a lodge in Waitsfield, VT, later USS SP-672, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
- Miramar Esporte ClubeMiramar Esporte ClubeMiramar Esporte Clube, commonly known as Miramar, is a Brazilian football club based in Cabedelo, Paraíba state.-History:The club was founded on March 28, 1928...
, a Brazilian football (soccer) club