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:
St Dominic's Priory School
St. Dominic's Priory School is an independent co-educational Catholic Pre, Primary, and High School in Godlonton Avenue in the suburb of Miramar, in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The school was founded in 1900.
History
In 1867, ...
Miramar, Portugal
Miramar is a small seaside village near the towns of Gulpilhares and Arcozelo, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, in the subregion of Greater Porto, Portugal (Grande Porto).
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It is an upmarket residential area south of the river D ...
, a small seaside town in Vila Nova de Gaia municipality, subregion of Greater Porto Area
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Miramar, Valencia
Miramar () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous S ...
, Spain
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Miramar (Málaga) 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
* Miramar, Port Elizabeth, see St Dominic's Priory School
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, one of the
Districts of Málaga The city of Málaga (Spain) is governed and administered by the ''Ayuntamiento de Málaga'' (Málaga Council). It is divided in 10 municipal districts, coordinated by ''Juntas de Distrito'',Miramar, Havana, an upscale district in the municipality of Playa, Cuba
* Miramar, Baja California, Mexico, see USS Yorktown (PG-1)
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Miramar, Tamaulipas
Miramar 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 third largest of the Tampico Metropolitan Area
The Tampico metropolitan area is the third most populous ...
, Mexico
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Miramar, Bocas del Toro
Miramar is a corregimiento in Chiriquí Grande District, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama
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, Panama
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Miramar, Colón
Miramar is a corregimiento in Santa Isabel District, Colón Province, Panama
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Miramar, Puerto Rico
Miramar is one of the forty subbarrios of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It has many Spanish-style homes with patios and gardens.
History
The neighborhood is under the legal jurisdiction of Santurce in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto ...
, a neighborhood of San Juan
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Miramar, San Diego
Miramar (Spanish for "Sea View") is a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California, United States. It includes residential areas and commercial and light industrial districts.
Most residents live on the Marine Corps Air ...
, California
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Miramar, Florida
Miramar is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,721. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which is home to approximately six million people.
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, a city in Broward County
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Miramar Beach, California Miramar 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. The marine terrace above the beach it ...
Miramar District
Miramar is a district of the Montes de Oro canton, in the Puntarenas
Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is award ...
, 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
Miramar Peninsula
The large Miramar Peninsula ( mi, Te Motu Kairangi) is on the southeastern side of the city of Wellington, New Zealand, at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, in Wellington's eastern suburbs. According to Māori legend, it was formed when the ...
, on which the suburb is located
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Miramar (New Zealand electorate)
Miramar was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the south-eastern suburbs of Wellington. It was created in 1946, replacing Wellington East, and was replaced by Rongotai for the first MMP election of 1996.
Population centres
The 1941 Ne ...
, a parliamentary constituency
South America
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Miramar, Buenos Aires
Miramar is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Buenos Aires Province, south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of General Alvarado Partido. The name “Miramar” comes from the words ''mira'' (view) a ...
, Argentina
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Miramar, Córdoba
Miramar is a town in San Justo Department, located in Córdoba Province (Argentina). 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 min ...
, Argentina
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Mira Place
Mira Place() is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located at 132-134 Nathan Road, at the corner with Kimberley Road. It has six retail floors, a seven-level annexed podium and of shopping space with over 100 stores ...
, formerly Miramar Shopping Centre, Hong Kong
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Miramar (mansion)
Miramar is a French neoclassical-style mansion on bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia.
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, a historic home on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island, US
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Miramar Entertainment Park
Miramar Entertainment Park () is a shopping mall located in the Dazhi area in Zhongshan District of Taipei, Taiwan.
The shopping mall contains an IMAX theater. With 28m × 21m dimensions, its movie screen is the largest in Asia for screening co ...
, Taipei, Taiwan
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Miramar Palace
The Miramar Palace ( es, Palacio de Miramar, also known as or ; eu, Miramar jauregia) is a late 19th-century palace located on the La Concha Bay of the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain. It was built in 1893 commissioned by the S ...
Miramare
Miramare Castle ( it, Castello di Miramare; es, Castillo de Miramar; german: Schloss Miramar; sl, Grad Miramar) is a 19th-century castle direct on the Gulf of Trieste between Barcola and Grignano in Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built ...
(also known as Schloß Miramar), Trieste, Italy, a palace owned by Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico
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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) , formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the av ...
, San Diego, California, United States
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San Diego Miramar College
San Diego Miramar College (Miramar) is a public community college in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Community College District and the California Community Colleges System.
Notable alumni
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*''Estación de Miramar'' ( es), a station on the Port Vell Aerial Tramway in Barcelona, Spain
*, Parque Batlle, Montevideo; see
Uruguayan Basketball Federation
The Uruguayan Basketball Federation ( es, Federación Uruguaya de Basketball, FUBB) is the governing body of basketball in Uruguay. It was founded in 1915, and is in charge of the senior Uruguayan national basketball team and the Liga Uruguaya de ...
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Miramar Misiones
Club Sportivo Miramar Misiones, usually known simply as Miramar Misiones is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club was formed from the merger of two clubs: Miramar (founded on October 17, 1915) and Misiones (founded on March 26 ...
, a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay
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Miramar Futsal Clube
Miramar Futsal Clube was a Portuguese futsal club from Gulpilhares, Vila Nova de Gaia. Founded in 1991 the club won two Portuguese Futsal Leagues and competed on the last edition of the Futsal European Clubs Championship. The team was dissolved ...
, 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
*, later USS ''SP-672'', a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
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Miramar Esporte Clube
Miramar Esporte Clube, commonly known as Miramar, is a Brazilian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form o ...
, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
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Miramar (Weinheim)
Miramar is a water park, salt-water spa and sauna complex opened in 1973 at the Waidsee Lake, Weinheim, Germany.
, approximately 50% of the 650,000 annual visitors pay extra for the Sauna area.
The catchment area for visitors covers a radius, in ...
, water park and sauna complex in Germany
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Miramare (disambiguation) Miramare Castle is a 19th-century castle on the Gulf of Trieste near Trieste in northeastern Italy.
Miramare may also refer to:
Places
*, a neighborhood in the district of Barcola, Trieste, Italy where Miramare Castle is located
** Miramare railw ...