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.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Miamian
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Miami
  plural
• Miamis
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Miami

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

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Example Sentences

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Miami Miamis

And on Saturday, that gift helped him dismantle top-ranked Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

For the first time since 2022 she has not won a Grand Slam singles title, having lost the Australian Open and US Open finals to Rybakina, and her last title came in Miami in March.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

He has also attended bouts in Miami, New York and New Jersey since winning his second White House term.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

With some in places like Seoul, Madrid, Mexico City, Paris and Miami, ”they’re all trying to emulate what Erewhon has done,” she told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“It says Miami on the ticket,” Charlie points out.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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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