Miami

¹

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

noun

plural

Miamis ,

plural

Miami .

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.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Miami or their language.

Miami

²

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

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.

Miami

/ 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)

Miami

1. Best-known city in Florida.

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

• Miamian noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Miami¹

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

Example Sentences

Miami still has enough explosion to punish defensive mistakes and has surged recently with three wins in four games.

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The Miami Dade Medical Examiners office did not confirm ABC's reporting and declined to provide any more information to the BBC, citing an "active and ongoing investigation".

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But their run of perfection came to an end Dec. 2, 1985, with an ugly 38-24 loss to the Dolphins in Miami on “Monday Night Football.”

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Nearly 8% of all home listings in Miami were pulled off the market.

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In Miami, another Haitian woman, who we are calling Monique, tells us she has lived in the US for more than 16 years.

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