Italian in Chinese / Japanese...

イタリア人 is the Japanese word for Italian (as in an Italian person).

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Katakana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Chinese word for Italian (as in an Italian person).

米蘭 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin name Milan.

This also happens to be the Chinese name for the city Milan or Milano in Italy.

米蘭 are only used for their phonetic properties but this would mean “rice orchid.” But any Chinese person will know that you are talking about either the Italian city or a person named Milan (and will not take the literal meaning).

Though technically, you are supposed to use Katakana instead of Kanji, this also sounds like Milan in Japanese. The pronunciation was borrowed from Chinese when Japan borrowed Chinese characters in the 5th century.

This is the Japanese Katakana (phonetic Japanese) for the name and city, Milan.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

米蘭 is the Chinese name for Milano or Milan, the city in Italy.

This is also good if your name is Milan, and you want a wall scroll of your name in Mandarin Chinese.