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 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 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 , 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)