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, 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 ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous ...

, Spain * Miramar (Málaga), one of the Districts of Málaga, Spain

North America

Miramar, Havana Miramar is a residential district (''zona residencial'') of the municipality of Playa, in the city of Havana. Overview Many embassies, including the landmark Russian Embassy, are located in Miramar - in particular on ''Quinta Avenida'' (Fif ...

, 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 of ...

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 *

Miramar, Bocas del Toro Miramar is a corregimiento in Chiriquí Grande District, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the ...

, Panama * Miramar, Colón,

Colón Province Colón () is a province of Panama. The capital is the city of Colón. It covers an area of 4,575.5 sq.km, and the latest estimate of population (for 2019) is 294,060.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama. Overview This province h ...

, 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 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 Beach, Florida Miramar Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Walton County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,146 at the 2010 census. Although many other coastal localities in Florida have appended "Beach" to their names to distinguish themselv ...

, Walton County *

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

, 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 See Miramar Peninsula for an extend ...

, a suburb of Wellington *The

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 *

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 N ...

, a parliamentary constituency

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) a ...

, 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 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 *

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. History ...

, 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 co ...

, Taipei, Taiwan *

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 ...

, Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain *

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 * Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, United States * San Diego Miramar College, California, United States *

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

, San Diego, California, United States

Other uses

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

Port Vell Aerial Tramway The Port Vell Aerial Tramway ( ca, Telefèric del Port or Aeri del Port, es, Teleférico del Puerto) is an aerial tramway in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It crosses Port Vell, Barcelona's old harbour, connecting the Montjuïc hill with the seas ...

in Barcelona, Spain *, Parque Batlle, Montevideo; see Uruguayan Basketball Federation *

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 Miramar Hotel and Investment Company Limited (Miramar Group) () () is a group with a diversified service-oriented business portfolio comprising hotels and serviced apartments, property rental, food and beverage, and travel services in Hong Kong a ...

, 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, in ...

, water park and sauna complex in Germany