Miami

¹

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

noun

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

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 .

Notes

Famed for its resort hotels.

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

Other Words From

• Mi·ami·an noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Miami¹

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

Example Sentences

While MLS and its Apple broadcast partners were deeply invested in Lionel Messi leading Inter Miami to the MLS Cup, parity has again leveled the field.

From Los Angeles Times

Recently Miami has developed a similar status, and Las Vegas, which hosts its second race this weekend, looks like it will, too.

From BBC

His warm smile gave no hint of the hard times he faced in Miami’s rough Liberty City neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times

“It took me a long time to settle into the woman that I am today,” Macpherson says during a video interview from her home in Miami.

From Los Angeles Times

Following last Monday’s debacle against the Miami Dolphins, McVay put rookie center Beaux Limmer back in the lineup in place of Jonah Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times