Miramar
Miramar is a place name of Spanish origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from mira ("watch") and mar ("sea"). It may refer to:
Places
Africa
- Miramar, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, see St Dominic's Priory School
Asia
Europe
- Miramar, Théoule-sur-Mer, France
- Miramar, Portugal, a small seaside town in Vila Nova de Gaia municipality, subregion of Greater Porto Area
- Miramar, Valencia, Spain
- Miramar (Málaga), one of the Districts of Málaga, Spain
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
Oceania
- Miramar, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington
- The Miramar Peninsula, on which the suburb is located
South America
- Miramar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Miramar, Córdoba, Argentina
Landmarks
- 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 Misiones, a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Miramar (novel), 1967 novel written by Naguib Mahfouz
- Miramar Hotel and Investment, a Hong Kong hotel chain company
- Miramar, Havana, a once grand theatre in Havana, Cuba
- USS Miramar (SP-672), later USS SP-672, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
- Miramar Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
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