Miami

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

noun, plural Mi·am·is (especially collectively) Mi·am·i.

a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
their dialect of the Illinois language.

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Miami2
[ mahy-am-ee, -am-uh ]
/ maɪˈæm i, -ˈæm ə /

noun

a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.
Also called Great Miami. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.
a city in NE Oklahoma.

OTHER WORDS FROM Miami

Mi·am·i·an, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for miami

Miami
/ (maɪˈæmɪ) /

noun

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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Cultural definitions for miami

Miami

Best-known city in Florida.

notes for Miami

Famed for its resort hotels.

notes for Miami

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