Miami
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Miamis,
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Miami
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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.
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their dialect of the Illinois language.
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a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.
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Also called Great Miami. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.
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a city in NE Oklahoma.
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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.
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Origin of Miami
First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Illinois miamioua, myaamiwa “person from downstream”
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Monteiro Kempf, who lives in Miami, completed two levels of coursework at the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, a professional accreditation institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Even the NBA Finals ratings during the COVID-19 pandemic were at an all-time low, averaging just 7.45 million viewers for the Lakers’ six-game, bubble series win over the Miami Heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Kushner, already a minority owner in the Miami Heat, must first divest from that team before the Lakers sale can be finalized, and the transaction must be approved by the NBA board of governors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He swept the 'Sunshine Double' - the name given to the back-to-back tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami Open - without dropping a set.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Well, if you get to interview him, I get to interview the girl from Miami who organized the rally.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
It’s an ability the teams they claim to be chasing, the Kansas Cities and Buffaloes and Miamis of the world, can do seemingly at will, not just occasionally.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
Early inhabitants had been Shawnees, Miamis, Wyandots, and numerous smaller tribes, but retreating bands of Delawares and others had joined them from the East.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
There will be dozens of Miamis and thousands of Tangiers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2016
“It used to be the San Franciscos, the Miamis, New York,” said John Tanzella, the president and chief executive of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2014
When the commander sent out small units to find the Miamis, their search-and-destroy missions were ambushed by allied Miamis and Shawnees under the leadership of Meshekinnoqquah and Weyapiersenwah.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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