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Miramar is a place name of Spanish and Portuguese origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from mirar ("to look at, to watch") and mar ("sea"). It may refer to:
Places
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Miramar, Havana , an upscale district in the municipality of Playa, Cuba
Miramar, Baja California , Mexico, see
USS Yorktown (PG-1)
Miramar, Tamaulipas , Mexico
Miramar, Bocas del Toro , Panama
Miramar, Colón ,
Colón Province , Panama
Miramar, Puerto Rico , a neighborhood of San Juan
Miramar, San Diego , California
Miramar, Florida , a city in Broward County
Miramar Beach, California
Miramar Beach, Florida , Walton County
Miramar District , Costa Rica
Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar , military prison operated by the U.S. Navy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Miramar, San Diego, California
Oceania
South America
Landmarks
Mira Place , formerly Miramar Shopping Centre, Hong Kong
Miramar (mansion) , a historic home on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island, US
Miramar Entertainment Park , Taipei, Taiwan
Miramar Palace ,
Donostia-San Sebastián , Basque Country, Spain
Miramare (also known as Schloß Miramar), Trieste, Italy, a palace owned by Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , San Diego, California, United States
San Diego Miramar College , California, United States
California Miramar University , San Diego, California, United States
Other uses
Estación de Miramar (
es ), a station on the
Port Vell Aerial Tramway in Barcelona, Spain
Miramar Basket Ball Club [
es ] , Parque Batlle, Montevideo; see
Uruguayan Basketball Federation
Miramar Misiones , a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay
Miramar Futsal Clube , a defunct futsal club in Valadares, Portugal
Miramar (novel) , 1967 novel written by Naguib Mahfouz
Miramar Hotel and Investment , a Hong Kong hotel chain company
USS Miramar , later USS SP-672 , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
Miramar Esporte Clube , a Brazilian football (soccer) club
Miramar (Weinheim) , water park and sauna complex in Germany
See also
Topics referred to by the same term