Miami

• IPA^(key): /maɪˈæmi/
  • The Texas town is pronounced IPA^(key): /maɪˈæmə/
• Rhymes: -æmi

From Mayaimi, one of only ten words recorded from the language of the now-extinct Mayaimi people, meaning "big water", referring to the large lake on whose shores they lived, alternately called Lake Miami, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi, Lake Maimi; now called Lake Okeechobee. The Florida city is named for the Miami River. The river is named for its source, Lake Miami.

Miami

1. Alternative form of Mayaimi

   Synonyms: Mayaimi, Maimi, Mayimi, Maymi

   1. An extinct indigenous people of Florida.
   2. An extinct language spoken by those people.
2. A placename:
   1. A city, the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
   2. A city, the county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
   3. A small city, the county seat of Roberts County, Texas.
   4. A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.
   5. Ellipsis of Lake Miami.; Former name of Lake Okeechobee.; A lake in Florida, the source of the Miami River.

      Synonyms: Lake Mayaimi, Lake Maimi, Lake Mayimi, Lake Maymi

   6. Ellipsis of Miami River.; A river in Miami-Dade County, Florida, a river flowing past the city of Miami, Dade.

      Synonyms: Mayaimi River, Maimi River, Mayimi River, Maymi River

From Miami Myaamia, the endonym for the tribe in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language.

Miami (plural Miamis or Miami)

1. A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
2. Miami University.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Miami terms

• Ethnologue entry for Miami, mia ⁠

• Audio:

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Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

From English Miami.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯.ɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -ɑiɑmi
• Hyphenation^(key): Mia‧mi

Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

• IPA^(key): /mi.ja.mi/, /ma.ja.mi/

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Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

Borrowed from English Miami.

• IPA^(key): /maˈjɛ.mi/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛmi

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)

• mimai

Unadapted borrowing from English Miami.

Miami

1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajami]

Miami n (genitive singular Miami)

1. Miami (a city in Florida, United States)

• “Miami”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjami/ [ˈmja.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami
• IPA^(key): /maˈjami/ [maˈja.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami

Miami f

1. Miami (a city in Florida)