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 village
  • Miramar, Spain, a municipality
  • 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, United States
  • 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, San Sebastián, Spain
  • Miramare (also known as Schloß Miramar), Trieste, Italy
  • 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

Media

  • TV Miramar, a television station in João Pessoa, Brazil
  • Televisão Miramar, a Mozambican television channel

Other uses

  • Estación de Miramar (es), a station on the Port Vell Aerial Tramway in Barcelona, Spain
  • , 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
  • , 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)