Miramar

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

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
• Miramar Beach, Florida, Walton County
• Miramar District, 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

Oceania

• Miramar, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington
• The Miramar Peninsula, on which the suburb is located
• Miramar (New Zealand electorate), a parliamentary constituency
• Mira Mar, Western Australia, a suburb of Albany

South America

• Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Miramar, Córdoba, Argentina

Landmarks

• Mira Place, formerly Miramar Shopping Centre, Hong Kong
• Miramar (mansion), a historic home on Aquidneck Island at Newport, Rhode Island, US
• Miramar Entertainment Park, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Jiannan Road metro station, where deputy station name is Miramar station, a metro station of the Taipei Metro
• 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 Basket Ball Club, Parque Batlle, Montevideo; see Uruguayan Basketball Federation
• Miramar Misiones, a football (soccer) club in Montevideo, Uruguay
• Miramar Futsal Clube, 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
• USS Miramar, 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), water park and sauna complex in Germany

See also

• Miramare (disambiguation)