Miami

¹ American  

[mahy-am-ee, -am-uh] / maɪˈæm i, -ˈæm ə /

noun

plural

Miamis,

plural

Miami

1. a member of an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe, formerly located in northern Indiana and Illinois, southern Michigan, and possibly Wisconsin, now living primarily in Oklahoma.

2. their dialect of the Illinois language.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Miami or their language.

Miami ² American  

[mahy-am-ee, -am-uh] / maɪˈæm i, -ˈæm ə /

noun

1. a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.

2. Also called Great Miami.  a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.

3. a city in NE Oklahoma.

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Miami British  

/ maɪˈæmɪ /

noun

1. a city and resort in SE Florida, on Biscayne Bay: developed chiefly after 1896, esp with the Florida land boom of the 1920s; centre of an extensive tourist area. Pop: 376 815 (2003 est)

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Miami Cultural  

1. Best-known city in Florida.

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Famed for its resort hotels.

Home of the largest Cuban population outside Cuba, many of them exiles from the regime of Fidel Castro.

Other Word Forms

• Miamian noun

Etymology

Origin of Miami

First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Illinois miamioua, myaamiwa “person from downstream”

Example Sentences

However, the message this week from Gulf leaders at a summit in Miami, Fla., was that the Gulf countries are resilient—and could emerge from this conflict an even more attractive destination for investors.

From Barron's

ET with a discussion of the Fed’s balance sheet in Miami.

From Barron's

Miami and San Diego took a hit due to a significant drop in immigration as well as domestic migration.

From The Wall Street Journal

Parmesan has notably sponsored the Utah Jazz basketball team and the ATP tennis tournament in Miami at great expense.

From Barron's

Some major U.S. metro areas, including Los Angeles and Miami, are shrinking due to a sharp slowdown in immigration and a continued outflow of domestic migrants.

From The Wall Street Journal