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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
