Miami Beach

American

noun

a city in SE Florida on an island 2½ miles (4 km) across Biscayne Bay from Miami: seaside resort.

Miami Beach British

noun

a resort in SE Florida, on an island separated from Miami by Biscayne Bay. Pop: 89 312 (2003 est)

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The island is connected to La Gorce on one side and Miami Beach on the other by bridges—and anyone who enters the community will be required to register with the security guards.

From MarketWatch

We stayed in Miami Beach but ventured into the city and the greater Miami area.

From Salon

Ratner was raised in Miami Beach by his mother and maternal grandparents, Jews who left Cuba after the revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal

Years later they ran into each other again at a drum circle in Miami Beach and fell in love, and that’s how I came into the world.

From Literature

“It used to not be on the map,” Alatriste says of the artsy, up-and-coming neighborhood, just a half-hour drive south of downtown Miami Beach.

From MarketWatch

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