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

Asia

Miramar, Goa Miramar is the beach area of the Goan capital of Panjim, also known as Panaji and is one of the most visited beaches of Goa. It is one of the two only beaches in Panjim, other being Caranzalem beach. Many people, mostly tourists, come to this ...

Europe

*Miramar,

Théoule-sur-Mer Théoule-sur-Mer (; Occitan: ''Teula de Mar'' or simply ''Teula''), popularly known as Théoule, is a resort village in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It lies to the east of th ...

, France *

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). About It is an upmarket residential area south of the river ...

, a small seaside town in Vila Nova de Gaia municipality, subregion of Greater Porto Area *

Miramar, Valencia Miramar () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities o ...

, Spain * Miramar (Málaga), 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 Miramar is a residential district (''zona residencial'') of the municipality of Playa, Havana, Playa, in the city of Havana. Overview Many Embassy, embassies, including the landmark Embassy of Russia in Havana, Russian Embassy, are located i ...

, an upscale district in the municipality of Playa, Cuba * Miramar, Baja California, Mexico, see

USS Yorktown (PG-1) USS ''Yorktown'' was lead ship of her class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the American Revolutionary War's Battle o ...

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. It has 161,820 inhabitants according to the official 2020 ...

, Mexico * Miramar, Bocas del Toro, Panama *

Miramar, Colón Miramar is a corregimiento in Santa Isabel District, Colón Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa ...

Colón Province Colón () is a province of Panama. The capital is the city of Colón. It covers an area of 4,575.5 km2, and the population (in 2023) is 281,956. Overview This province has traditionally been focused on commerce (through the Colón Free Zone, ...

, Panama *

Miramar, Puerto Rico Miramar is one of the forty subbarrios of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The neighborhood has many historic Spanish Revival-style homes with patios and gardens, and it was listed on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2007 ...

, a neighborhood of San Juan *

Miramar, San Diego Miramar ( Spanish for "Sea View") is a neighborhood in the northern part of San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 mil ...

, California *

Miramar, Florida Miramar is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,721, making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County, the sixth-largest cit ...

, a city in Broward County *

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 its ...

Miramar Beach, Florida Miramar Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Walton County, Florida, United States. The population was 8,002 at the 2020 census, up from 6,146 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Crestview— Fort Walton Beach–Destin, Florida Metrop ...

, Walton County *

Miramar District Miramar is a Districts of Costa Rica, district of the Montes de Oro (canton), Montes de Oro canton, in the Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Geography Miramar has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. Demographics ...

, Costa Rica *

Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar (NAVCONBRIG) is a military prison operated by the U.S. Navy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Miramar in San Diego, California, just under north of downtown San Diego. It is one of three Navy consolidated b ...

, military prison operated by the U.S. Navy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Miramar, San Diego, California

Oceania

Miramar, New Zealand Miramar 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 Miramar Peninsula was originally ...

, a suburb of Wellington *The

Miramar Peninsula Te Motu Kairangi / Miramar Peninsula is a large peninsula on the southeastern side of the city of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, in Wellington's eastern suburbs. According to Māori legend, it was ...

, on which the suburb is located *

Miramar (New Zealand electorate) Miramar was a New Zealand parliamentary New Zealand electorates, electorate in the south-eastern suburbs of Wellington. It was created in 1946, replacing Wellington East (New Zealand electorate), Wellington East, and was replaced by Rongotai (Ne ...

, a parliamentary constituency *

Mira Mar, Western Australia Mira Mar is a northeastern suburb of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Mira Mar was gazetted as a suburb in 1979. Geography Mira Mar is bounded by North and Collingwood Roads to the north, Drew Street to th ...

, a suburb of Albany

South America

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) and ' ...

, Argentina *

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

Landmarks

Mira Place Mira Place () is a commercial complex located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises two connected shopping malls, Mira Place 1 and Mira Place 2, an office tower, Mira Place Tower A (formerly Miramar Tower) and a hotel, The Mira H ...

, formerly Miramar Shopping Centre, Hong Kong *

Miramar (mansion) Miramar is a French Neoclassical-style mansion on bordering Bellevue Avenue on Aquidneck Island in Newport, Rhode Island. Overlooking Rhode Island Sound, it was intended as a summer home for the George D. Widener family of Philadelphia. Histor ...

, a historic home on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island, US *

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 ...

, Taipei, Taiwan ** Jiannan Road metro station, where deputy station name is Miramar station, a metro station of the Taipei Metro *

Miramar Palace The Miramar Palace (, also known as or ; ) 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 Spanish royal family, based on an 1889 project ...

, Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain *

Miramare Miramare Castle (; ; ; ) is a 19th-century castle direct on the Gulf of Trieste between Barcola and Grignano in Trieste, northeastern Italy. It was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte of B ...

(also known as Schloß Miramar), Trieste, Italy, a palace owned by Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico *

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force. It is located in Miramar, a commu ...

, San Diego, California, United States * San Diego Miramar College, California, United States *

California Miramar University California Miramar University (CalMU) is a private for-profit university in San Diego, California. The university offers degree programs through distance education and a combination of online and classroom (hybrid) delivery. It is accredited b ...

, San Diego, California, United States

Other uses

*''Estación de Miramar'' ( es), a station on the

Port Vell Aerial Tramway The Port Vell Aerial Tramway (, ) is an aerial tramway in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It crosses Port Vell, Barcelona's old harbour, connecting the Montjuïc hill with the seaside suburb of Barceloneta. The aerial tramway first opened in 1931 ...

in Barcelona, Spain *, Parque Batlle, Montevideo; see

Uruguayan Basketball Federation The Uruguayan Basketball Federation (, 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 Básquetbol (LUB). History Under t ...

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 *

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 * Miramar Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club *

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, inc ...

, water park and sauna complex in Germany