Miami

¹ American  

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

noun

• Miamis,
  plural
• Miami
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• Miamian
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Miami
  plural
• Miamis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Miami

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

Example Sentences

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Miami Miamis

“He’s gonna swing at strikes, take balls, put together good at-bats,” Roberts said before De Paula made his major league debut Friday in the Dodgers’ 6-2 win over the Miami Marlins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

In 2022 free agent NFL wide receiver Tyreek Hill joined the Miami Dolphins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

After a strong start to the season and winning the 'Sunshine Double' at Indian Wells and Miami in March, Sabalenka suffered a quarter-final defeat at Roland Garros and a fourth-round exit at Wimbledon.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And the team arranged for No. 1 prospect Josue De Paula to meet the team in Miami, called up straight from double-A for his MLB debut on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

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 "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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