Miami

[ mahy-am-ee, -am-uh ]

/ maɪˈæm i, -ˈæm ə /

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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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Words nearby Miami

mHz, mi, MI5, MI6, MIA, Miami, mia-mia, Miami Beach, Miamisburg, Miami Springs, Miandad

Other definitions for Miami (2 of 2)

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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How to use Miami in a sentence

Aya Hamza’s academic and extracurricular record at Coral Gables Senior High School near Miami should have made her path to college relatively effortless.
As admissions season descends, warning signs appear for low-income applicants|Jon Marcus|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
He sees parallels between Mariota and Ryan Tannehill, the quarterback who seemed on his way out of the league after a bad start in Miami.
Should Washington draft a quarterback? Make a trade? Stand pat? Five experts weigh in.|Sam Fortier, Nicki Jhabvala|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
Maryland hadn’t played the same opponent on back-to-back nights since 1949 at Miami.
Maryland, led by its junior guards, completes a two-game sweep of Nebraska|Emily Giambalvo|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
Two favorite Miami fritangas, Yambo and Pinolandia, have been serving Miamians heaping plates of inexpensive, stick-to-your-ribs food for decades.
These oranges are for a lot more than juicing|By Carlos C. Olaechea/Saveur|February 15, 2021|Popular-Science

Nevertheless, the charges unsealed Thursday significantly expand the number of those allegedly affiliated with a group of dozens of Proud Boys allegedly led by Joe Biggs, of Miami, and Ethan Nordean, of Seattle, who have been charged separately.
Five more charged in Capitol riot allegedly teamed with Kansas City Proud Boys|Spencer Hsu, Rachel Weiner|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
The whole world is running off to Miami for the Christmas holidays.
The Stacks: Sell the Overcoat, Keep the Dignity|Paul Hemphill|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was going to have to start hitchhiking to Miami before it got dark.
The Stacks: Sell the Overcoat, Keep the Dignity|Paul Hemphill|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
Book Bag: Great Books About Cuba|Julia Cooke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
MIAMI — Fidel Castro seized power in January 1959 after waging a guerilla war against then-dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Cuba Is A Kleptocracy, Not Communist|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Terrorists against Cuba who had once shot down passenger jets later found safe haven in Miami.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Daylight appeared after we had crossed all of the principal suburban roads, and were near the Little Miami Railroad.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
It is near the mouth of the Miami River, a small stream which serves as an outlet to the overflow of the everglades.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
With a crash she struck the "Miami" a glancing blow on the port-bow, gouging off two great planks.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
I brought a young lieutenant with me from Miami; he was a crack stenographer in civilian life.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase
His death occurred during the Chickasaw campaign ; while leading the Miami contingent he was captured and burned at the stake.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied

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.