Milo

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Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Fictional characters 4 Other meanings 5 See also 6 References

Milo is a male name of uncertain origin. It may derive from the Latin Miles, "a soldier". Other possible derivations are from a Germanic word meaning "mild", the Slavonic root milu meaning "merciful", and the Hebrew name Michael meaning "who resembles God".^{[1] [2]}

Other references may refer to:

[edit] Places

• Milo, Alberta, a village in Alberta, Canada
• Milo, Ethiopia
• Milo, Italy, a comune in the Province of Catania on the island of Sicily
• Milo, Tanzania
• In the United States:
  • Milo, Indiana
  • Milo, Iowa
  • Milo, Maine
  • Milo, Missouri
  • Milo, New York
  • Milo, Oklahoma
• Milos (formerly Melos), a Greek island in the Aegean Sea
• Milo River in Guinea

[edit] People

• Milo, Bishop of Reims and Trier
• Milo of Croton, ancient Greek athlete
• Milo Aukerman, American biochemist and lead singer of the punk rock band the Descendents
• Milo Đukanović, former prime minister and president of Montenegro
• Candi Milo, American voice actress
• Luciano Milo, Italian figure skater
• Titus Annius Milo, ancient Roman politician and gangster
• Milo O'Shea, Irish actor
• Milo Radulovich, American military veteran suspected of communist sympathizing during the Second Red Scare; portrayed in the movie Good Night, and Good Luck
• Milo Ventimiglia, American film actor

[edit] Fictional characters

• Milo, a rodent-like mammal in the "Stranger From the Mysterious Above" episode of the American television series The Land Before Time
• Milo, the title character of a 1998 horror film
• Milo, the main character in Norton Juster's children's classic The Phantom Tollbooth
• Milo Bloom, the resident journalist in Berkeley Breathed's comic strip Bloom County
• Milo Kerrigan, a "punch-drunk" boxer in the Australian television series Full Frontal
• Milo Minderbinder, a character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22
• Milo Pressman, a computer analyst in the American television series 24
• Milo Rambaldi, a medieval alchemist, engineer and mystic in the American television series Alias
• Milo James Thatch, the main character in the Disney animated films Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return
• Brin Milo, a character in Dan Abnett's Warhammer 40,000 novel series
• Scorpio Milo, a character from the Saint Seiya series of manga created by Masami Kurumada
• Professor Milo, an enemy of Batman in the DC Comics universe.
• Milo, the orange tabby cat in the film The Adventures of Milo and Otis

[edit] Other meanings

• Milo, a common name for some varieties of commercial sorghum
• Milo, a type of dog created from a Maltese-poodle cross
• Milo (drink), a brand name of chocolate malt drink by Nestlé
• Milo (magazine), a strength sports magazine
• MILO (boot loader), a firmware replacement used for booting Linux on older Alpha AXP hardware
• MILO (game), a first-person adventure-puzzle computer game
• Yourcodenameis:milo, a UK post-hardcore band
• Venus de Milo, a famous ancient Greek statue

[edit] See also

• Mylo (disambiguation)

[edit] References