Miami
1 Americannoun
plural
Miamis,plural
Miami-
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.
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their dialect of the Illinois language.
adjective
noun
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a city in SE Florida: seaside resort.
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Also called Great Miami. a river in W Ohio, flowing S into the Ohio River. 160 miles (260 km) long.
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a city in NE Oklahoma.
noun
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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
- Miamian noun
Etymology
Origin of Miami
First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Illinois miamioua, myaamiwa “person from downstream”
Example Sentences
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They had impressive victories over New York, Minnesota, Denver, at Houston twice, at Miami and at Orlando during March.
From Los Angeles Times
On Tuesday, the president’s son Eric posted a first-look video for said library, which will reside on the waterfront in Miami.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. has a strong record of assimilating newcomers, from Asians in San Francisco to Irish in New York to Cubans in Miami, and birthright citizenship has been part of that story.
"It's really hot and humid in the summer, which I think will really help them when they are going to Miami because it's going to be so, so hot down there."
From BBC
“I don’t think he worried about the little old reporter from the Miami Herald,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
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